Therefore, if you are a bit adventurous and have time to spare, you should recompile a kernel for your machine configuration. Recompiling your own kernel will make it possible to configure it to your exact machine configuration, thus giving the best performance possible. The sources are also mirrored at the sites listed in the section called FTP sites in Chapter 11 . No doubt Red Hat has a similar facility. In any event, the general principles discussed here apply no matter how you actually compile the kernel.
Type make config .
Eventually it will stop asking questions and you will get your command prompt back. Compiling the kernel This part is easy. When it is done, you should have a file called vmlinux with the kernel in it. Make sure you state against which version the patch was made. Please note that Jes has no way to test Atari-specific patches.