How to build and install the Linux kernel

The linked LQ wiki article below will guide you through the entire process of building your very own kernel, as well as the required prerequisites for both your system and the user building the kernel. The wiki article covers some of the reasons why building your own kernel might be desirable, the required prerequisites, configuring the kernel for building, the build itself, installing your new kernel and it's drivers, making an initrd image, right through to making your new kernel bootable, along with some helpful tips.

https://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki...n_Linux_kernel