Filby, Gordon wrote:
> 1. ppp. do I have to recompile the kernel just to get ppp support? I've done
> this with previous versions and had no trouble but with 6.1 after installing
> the default version and subsequently trying to add ppp I get "system too
> big" and "try make bzImage" error 2 . When I do this it is still too big.
Got the same message when trying to compile my first own kernel
yesterday. I solved it by putting some drivers and other options as
modules into the kernel. Actually I learned that you only have to have
the most essential stuff directly into your kernel (or drivers that are
fairly new and don't have a module version yet). The kernel-deamon takes
care of loading or unloading modules that are needed or not needed
anymore. In this way you get a much smaller kernel size which is faster
to load.
> Hence the question. Also perhaps I've misunderstood something (am fairly new
> to Linux) but as ppp is so frequently used why isn't it in the default
> kernel?
Probably for the same reason. You can just configure it as a module. In
that way it only gets loaded when it's needed.
Good luck,
Marcel
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