Linux Kernel in a Nutshell

Despite its large code base (over 7 million lines of code), the Linux kernel is the most flexible operating system that has ever been created. It can be tuned for a wide range of different systems, running on everything from a radio-controlled model helicoptor, to a cellphone, to the majority of the largest supercomputers in the world. By customizing the kernel for your specific environment, it is possible to create something that is both smaller and faster than the kernel provided by most Linux distributions. This book will go into how to build and install a custom kernel, and provide some hints on how to enable specific options that you will probably wish to use for different situations.