[ Thanks to Peter
for this link. ]
“Introduction: I?ll be using git to get the latest kernel
version. This is my favorite way to get the sources and it is in my
opinion the fastest way to make changes later on when you want to
update your own kernel to the latest version. I suggest adding my
Launchpad repository to your system. The repository holds the
latest version of git and is usually updated within a day of a new
release of git, follow the instructions on the page Git Packages
for Ubuntu to add my repository.“Architecture: I am compiling the amd64 which basically is the
version used for all 64 bit versions, if you want to compile for
i386 you need replace amd64 for i386 throughout this article.“Flavor:I choose the name i7 as the flavor name as I?ll be
building a kernel geared towards my laptop which has a i7
processor. Besides the change of processor type in the
configuration I also have some other changes but that?s beyond this
article.”