LPIC I Exam Cram™ 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102

Chapter 14. Kernel Configuration and Custom Compilation

Terms you’ll need to understand:

✓	Archive
✓	Compile
✓	Compression
✓	Driver
✓	Kernel
✓	Module
✓	Patch
✓	Tarball

Techniques you’ll need to master:

✓	Understanding kernel options
✓	Configuring modules
✓	Patching a kernel source tree
✓	Compiling a kernel
✓	Troubleshooting kernel boot issues
✓	Repairing library issues
✓	Identifying stable kernel versions

Overview of the Kernel

The Linux kernel doesn’t constitute much of what we refer commonly to as Linux. The majority of the Linux operating system is made up of software packages, daemons, and applications that are not needed to actually run the OS.

The kernel handles a multitude of things, including but not limited to, the following:

• Memory management

• Dividing up processor time ...