Configuring the Kernel

• 3 interfaces, with same basic functionality (including help).
• Most drivers can be built as modules, which a program called kerneld loads when needed. Anything needed to mount your root file system needs to be built in, though.
• Run command from top of kernel source tree (i.e. /usr/src/linux).
• make xconfig: graphical (X) menu-based version.
• make menuconfig: semi-graphical text menu version.
• make config: traditional line-base text version.
• AFS needs support for modules and module versioning.