I am using debian testing to learn linux kernel programming. How do I compile a vanilla kernel without making the system unusable? I tried copying the .config file that comes with the running kernel but 'make oldconfig' can't compile properly, due to missing symbols etc.
Exactly, how did you do the compilation anyway? Can you tell us, step by step, so we know what you were doing wrong?
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