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configuration</a></li>
<li><a href="#custom_uclibc">Customizing the uClibc
configuration</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#custom_linux26">Customizing the Linux kernel
+ configuration</a></li>
<li><a href="#rebuilding_packages">Understanding how to rebuild packages</a></li>
<li><a href="#buildroot_innards">How Buildroot works</a></li>
<li><a href="#using_toolchain">Using the uClibc toolchain
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internal toolchain is selected</li>
<li><code>BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE=&lt;path/to/.config&gt;</code>, path
to the Busybox configuration file</li>
+ <li><code>LINUX26_KCONFIG=&lt;path/to/.config&gt;</code>, path
+ to the Linux kernel configuration file</li>
<li><code>BUILDROOT_COPYTO</code>, an additional location at which
the binary images of the root filesystem, kernel, etc. built by
Buildroot are copied</li>
@@ -414,6 +418,18 @@ $ export BUILDROOT_COPYTO=/tftpboot
<p>If you want to use an existing config file for uclibc, then see
section <a href="#environment_variables">environment variables</a>. </p>
+ <h2><a name="custom_linux26" id="custom_linux26"></a>Customizing
+ the Linux kernel configuration</h2>
+
+ <p>The Linux kernel configuration can be customized just like <a
+ href="#custom_busybox">BusyBox</a> and <a href="#custom_uclibc">uClibc</a>
+ using <code>make linux26-menuconfig</code>. Make sure you have
+ enabled the kernel build in <code>make menuconfig</code> first.
+ Once done, run <code>make</code> to (re)build everything.</p>
+
+ <p>If you want to use an existing config file for Linux, then see
+ section <a href="#environment_variables">environment variables</a>.</p>
+
<h2><a name="#rebuilding_packages"
id="rebuilding_packages">Understanding how to rebuild
packages</a></h2>