How To Compile A Kernel - The Fedora Way
Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on Fedora systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) so that you are independent from the kernels supplied by your distribution. It also shows how to patch the kernel sources if you need features that are not in there.
1 Preliminary Note
In this article I will describe two ways of building a kernel for Fedora systems. The first one is Fedora-specific, and in the end you will have a kernel rpm package that you can install or share with others. The second way is the same for all Linux distributions, but you don't end up with an rpm package.
I prefer to do all the steps here as the root user. However, it's possible to run most commands as a non-privileged user (e.g. user tom). Some commands such as yum or rpm still require root privileges, so you should add tom (or whatever your username is) to /etc/sudoers by running
visudo
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