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  1. 10-17-2004 #1
    nikhil
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    kernel building issue.

    I just wanted to know if a kernel built and compiled on one hardware, will the same kernel work on a different machine with totally different hardware?

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    Only if it was compiled with support for the hardware that the other machine has. This has to be built in, or the kernel modules must be copied to the other machine (in /lib/modules/) for that to work.
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  3. 11-15-2004 #3
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    You can compile kernel that can be used on totally different hardware you need to

    >> cross compiler (specific to hard ware you are using )
    >>> choose you procerssor correctly.

    >>>>configure your hard ware correctly

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