I downloaded the newest kernel and it doesn even compile! Whats wrong?
• (REG) First check the kernel newsflash page at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/kernel-newsflash.html where late-breaking patches may be posted. • (DW) Do not post any details of the compile failure to the mailing list unless you have first checked the archives to ensure that the question hasn’t been asked already. Normally, if Linus allows a simple typo into a release kernel which prevents it from compiling, a patch is posted to the list within hours, yet still there are clueless idiots who continue to ask about it for weeks thereafter. Do not do this. We will find out where you live, and we will come to your house and knock on your door at three o’clock in the morning to ask you stupid questions. Repeatedly, if needs be. REW’s note below also says this; but evidently not explicitly enough. Some people are just too stupid, I guess.
• (REG) First check the kernel newsflash page at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/kernel-newsflash.html where late-breaking patches may be posted. • (DW) Do not post any details of the compile failure to the mailing list unless you have first checked the archives to ensure that the question hasn’t been asked already. Normally, if Linus allows a simple typo into a release kernel which prevents it from compiling, a patch is posted to the list within hours, yet still there are clueless idiots who continue to ask about it for weeks thereafter. Do not do this. We will find out where you live, and we will come to your house and knock on your door at three o’clock in the morning to ask you stupid questions. Repeatedly, if needs be. REW’s note below also says this; but evidently not explicitly enough. Some people are just too stupid, I guess. • (RRR) Make sure you are compiling with the recommended version of gcc with default optimizations flags (IOW, leave the Makefiles alone) and
