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See license.txt for mirage335KernelBuild license conditions.
Assistance for ensuring reasonably correct Linux kernel configuration and
building.

Usage

Copy '.config' files to ' "$scriptLib"/linux/lts/.config '
or similar.

 ./_getMinimal_cloud

 ./_build_cloud

 #./_build_cloud_lts

 #./_build_cloud_mainline

 ./_export_cloud

 #./_export_cloud_lts

 #./_export_cloud_mainline

 ./_upload_cloud

 #./_upload_cloud_lts

 #./_upload_cloud_mainline

 ./_getMinimal_cloud

 ./_create_lts

 ./_create_mainline

Design

Local build and upload included.
Multiple cloud build service configurations may be included - GitHub
Actions, BuildJet, AWS CodeBuilder, etc.

Design - Kernel Configuration

Kernel may be configured as follows:

Obtain kernel configuration from upstream dist/OS package or sources
(eg. Debian Stable linux-config-ver package).
Configure kernel with 'make oldconfig' and 'make
menuconfig' until _kernelConfig_desktop report is acceptably similar to
the report for a previous kernel version.
Configure kernel again with 'make oldconfig' and 'make
menuconfig', this time to acceptably satisfy _kernelConfig_server
report.

Both the LTS and Mainline kernels may be configured as such. Beware the
upstream dist/OS package should be for as recent a kernel as possible (to
correctly enable drivers for newer hardware), but NEVER newer than the
kernel to configure (as 'make oldconfig' obviously may not
correctly backport differently named kernel symbols to a previous kernel
version config). Reports from _kernelConfig functions are strong but not
absolute recommendations (eg. some messages may be precautionary references
to obsolete kernel symbol names in case these are ever seen again).
For the 'server' config, minimizing the effect of any future or
unknown vulnerabilities, especially for kernel network drivers,
'BadUSB'/SDIO, etc, is most important.
Upstream changes to '_kernelConfig' report functions, once compiled
in, will affect 'statement.sh' files, which can be used to quickly
obtain and git diff new reports.

Redistribution and Preservation

git clone --depth 1 [email protected]:mirage335/mirage335KernelBuild.git
cd mirage335KernelBuild/
./ubiquitous_bash.sh _gitBest submodule update --init --depth 1 --recursive

Safety

Reasonably sane Linux kernel configuration still does not ensure
reliability, security, performance, etc. Be careful to at least understand
the choices presented, experiment thoroughly, and when appropriate, update
frequently. Your accident is your accident. You have been warned.

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menuconfig
'Configuring Linux is a significant labor'
Maybe not so much anymore.

Copyright

This file is part of mirage335KernelBuild.
mirage335KernelBuild is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
mirage335KernelBuild is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with mirage335KernelBuild.  If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.