debian_build_kernel
Grab Kernel
Get the one you desire from https://www.kernel.org/
wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.12.23.tar.xz tar xvf linux-6.12.23.tar.xz cd linux-6.12.23
Grab Packages
apt-get install bc libncurses-dev bzip2 make build-essential libelf-dev libssl-dev bison flex rsync liblz4-tool
Run localmodconfig
This disables all modules currently not in use
yes '' | make localmodconfig
Customization of the Kernel via GUI
make menuconfig
Network
If you want wireguard or anything else
Device Drivers => Network device support => VXLAN, Wireguard
BBR increases TCP Network throughput
Network Support => Network options => Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) (e), QoS Network Support => Network options => TCP: advance congestion control => BBR Network Support => Network options => QoS => Qdisc, Fair Queuing
dhcpclient dosen't work without it
Network Support => Network options => Packet Socket
Latency reduction
General setup => Timers subsystem => High Resolution Timer Support, Timer tick handling General setup => Preemption Model Processor type and features => Timer frequency Power management and ACPI options => CPU Frequency scaling => governor
virtio
If your virtual server uses scsi virtio you need to enable this
Device drivers => SCSI device support => disk support Device drivers => SCSI device support => SCSI low-level drivers => virtio-scsi support
Customization of the Kernel via CLI
scripts/config --enable WIREGUARD
Build the Kernel
make bindeb-pkg -j $(nproc)
debian_build_kernel.txt · Last modified: 2025/04/15 02:06 by neoon