4.6.4. Configuring and building the Linux kernel

• Overview over the Linux build process

• the make system (oldconfig, menuconfig, help, etc)

• example: build a sequoia kernel for ARCH=powerpc

$ export CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xxFP-
$ export ARCH=powerpc
$ make mrproper
$ make sequoia_defconfig
$ make zImage

• resulting file is arch/powerpc/boot/cuImage.sequoia (among others)

• building for deprecated ARCH=ppc

• building for 2.4