Configuring the Kernel - General

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Kernel Configuration

General

In section “General Setup”:

  • clear “Local version”
  • set “Default host name” to “kali”
  • select “System V IPC” (CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y)

Modules

We want to enable modules in Enable Loadable Module Support just in case there are any devices we want to load through the command line using modprobe. We discourage to build frequently used rivers as modules:

  • Enable “loadable module support” (CONFIG_MODULES=y):

  • select “Module unloading” (CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y)

  • select “Forced module unloading” (CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y)

  • select “Module versioning support” (CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y)

Kernel Image

Our preferred image type is a compressed and concatenated image file if the kernel source permits it:

  • select “Build a concatenated Image.gz/dtb by default” (CONFIG_BUILD_ARM64_APPENDED_DTB_IMAGE=y)
  • Under “Boot options ->”
  • Selected “Appended DTB Kernel Image name (Image.gz-dtb)” (IMG_GZ_DTB=y)


Updated on: 2024-Oct-23
Author: re4son