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>3.2. Notes on building your own kernel</H1
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>There are some things I would like to mention, although I won't go in details, as the Backstreet Ruby page on compiling the kernel discusses this topic.</P
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>You have to follow this order:</P
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>&#13;Input support
Virtual Terminal support
Console drivers
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>for all required options to be available/selectable.</P
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>You have to use built in input support:</P
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>&#13;Input device support --&#62; Input devices (needed for keyboard, mouse,..)
Input device support --&#62; Mouse support
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>I would suggest you also include at least one keyboard (built in - not as a module). You can also use modules, but I find it safer to be able to use a keyboard instead of trying to find a PC with ssh (or something similar) to load the required modules.</P
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>For AT/PS2 keyboards, turn on (not modules):</P
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>&#13;Input device support --&#62; Serial i/o support
Input device support --&#62; i8042 PC Keyboard controller
Input device support --&#62; Keyboards
Input device support --&#62; AT keyboard support
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>For a USB keyboard turn on (not modules):</P
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>&#13;Input device support --&#62; Keyboards
USB support --&#62; support for USB
USB support --&#62; USB Host Controller Drivers
USB support --&#62; USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support
USB support --&#62; HID input layer support
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>If you are new to Linux, do not try to patch an already patched kernel (heavily patched kernels like the ones that ship with most distributions). Use a kernel from <A
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>In Backstreet Ruby (the patch for a 2.4 Linux kernel) does not support frame buffer devices , and for that reason is disabled.</P
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>In Ruby (the patch for 2.6 Linux kernel) if you want to disable/ change to modules support for PS2 input devices, you have to first activate/enable "General setup --&#62; Remove kernel features (for embedded systems)"</P
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