Well, It is being  easy than I thought. I've compilled it and the boot is
faster since initramfs is not needed anymore :).

I'll now remove the hundreds of unneeded drivers.

2012/10/23 Joćo Matos <jaoneto@gmail.com>

> Hi list.
>
> I've been using Gentoo for quite a long time, and today I decided to try
> compiling the kernel myself, Thing I've never done before. I want a smaller
> kernel, a faster boot (without initramfs) and, of course, some fun :).
>
> I'm still reading the oficial documentation, but I don't think it will be
> enough, so, if anyone of you know some documentation more detailed, I'd
> appreciate reading it.
>
> I've just ran 'make xconfig', and I noticed that the configuration is the
> same from genkernel (genkernel --menuconfig). Is it good? Should I get an
> original .conf, with less garbage, or this is just the 'normal default'
> instead of 'genkernel default' as I'm guessing?
>
> Is there any tool that can scan my pc and help me out with the .conf or
> even generate one? I guess not. There are lots of options that I have no
> idea what they are for. I think this will be the fun part, but I think I
> can't get a running kernel before I optimize it, so I can do it gradually.
>
> Just for curiosity, what is the size of your kernel? Mine is 3.4 MB.
>
> Thank you,
> --
> Joćo de Matos
> Linux User #461527
>
>


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Joćo de Matos
Linux User #461527
Graduando em Engenharia de Computaēćo 2005.1
UEFS - Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana