2 Kernel Setup

As explained in the previous section, the system's kernel must have certain options present. These options are added when the kernel is compiled. They may already be present in the system's kernel, but if not, they must be added and the kernel recompiled.

While a full explanation of how to compile a kernel is not provided, a brief description will be given.

Before compiling a kernel, the configuration must be created. To do this, change into the kernel source directory (typically /usr/src/linux and run the command: make menuconfig

This provides you with a simple menu system to change options.

All of the following options are found under the ``Networking Options'' configuration item, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: The ``Networking Options'' configuration option, as found when running make menuconfig