2013/2/17, Kai Hendry <hen...@iki.fi>: > Also doesn't help that I can't easily compile the bloated kernel > without setting fire to my machine or taking days out of my life to > unselect all the bits I don't need in the config.
Yes, kernel have many options - but is great as you can tune it very accurately without unneeded bloat. I use self configured kernel begin from 2.0.36. It not very hard task if you know your hardware. Maybe some part like network can bit confuse. If you at once configure own kernel you can use this config for all future kernels with minimal reconfigure. There is no only one thing: user comment in menuconfig - it would be great if it was possible to write the comment why I set enable or disable this option.