Finnixize Linux kernel

This document shows the kernel config changes needed to make a Debian testing kernel config work with Finnix. This will not let you take any kernel config, especially a kernel defconfig, and make it work with Finnix.

Patches

Finnix requires SquashFS (now in mainline) and either UnionFS or AUFS.

• unionfs.patch or aufs.patch
• finnixlogo.patch
• lguest-doc.patch

Kernel configuration

Note: Xen does not recognize XZ-compressed kernels. Leave the kernel compression method as Gzip.

Boot Logo

Mostly cosmetic change, but many people don't know that the number of penguin logos at bootup correspond to the number of CPUs in the system.

Device Drivers -> Graphics support -> Bootup logo

[*] Bootup logo
[*]   Standard black and white Linux logo (NEW)
[*]   Standard 16-color Linux logo (NEW)
[*]   Standard 224-color Linux logo (NEW)

Remove Support

Sound and multimedia support are removed to save on module space.

• Device Drivers -> Sound card support
• Device Drivers -> Multimedia support

x86 Only

i586

Debian's 2.6.XX-X-686 (SMP) kernel is safe to be recompiled as 586 SMP.

Processor type and features

Processor family (586/K5/5x86/6x86/6x86MX)  --->