Compiling an Alpha kernel

[Kristoffer Rose ens-lyon fr]

Dear Jeff,

> I can't figure out how to compile an Alpha kernel.  The last time I tried,
> I ended up with a 6MB kernel that didn't work.  I know how to do Intel
> compiles, but I know that Alpha process is almost totally different, I
> just havn't figured out by how much.

The trick is to do `make boot' which will leave you with a kernel named
`arch/alpha/boot/vmlinux.gz' of the appropriate size (ie, 5-800k :)

Cheers,
	Kristoffer

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