User Feedback :: Customize DSL (kernel + software)

Quote (crusadingknight @ July 23 2006,14:59)

Newby, aircrack requires patched kernel drivers in order to function.

In that case, start learning the compile process.

_AND_ learn the unique tweeks that have been done to the DSL kernel. They violated a lot of the "rules" in order to get a working stripped-down version.

I don't think John or Roberts will tell you what they did. My best guess is it was a long, hard process of learning by trial and error.

In the real world, you're going to convince them to build the patches into the kernel, or not. I suspect not.

I doubt that aircrack fits within their marketing plan.

Quote (newby @ July 23 2006,18:36)

_AND_ learn the unique tweeks that have been done to the DSL kernel. They violated a lot of the "rules" in order to get a working stripped-down version.

I don't think John or Roberts will tell you what they did. My best guess is it was a long, hard process of learning by trial and error.

http://dsl.thegeekery.com/archive/sources-2.1/ (Kernel sources + patches for the 2.4.31 kernel on DSL) -- Like almost all distributions, the kernel patches and config are available. (I have an even more stripped down kernel running on my computer, with only the drivers I need. However, it takes a few minutes of reading to work out which subsystems depend on each other.)

Building the 2.6 kernel he wants for aircrack himself may be a little more difficult though - it will likely be best to build the kernel on another machine, on a full sized distro, and then install it on his target machine.

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