* Moved the Linux kernel maintenance notes to the manual, expanded

them.

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=12739

pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/README

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-*** Updating the kernel configs ***
-
-- Copy the old Nix expression (e.g. linux-2.6.21.nix) to the new one
-  (e.g. linux-2.6.22.nix) and update it.
-- Add an new attribute to all-packages.nix.
-- Unpack the new kernel.
-
-For each platform (i686, x86-64, uml):
-
-- Make an svn copy from the old config (e.g. config-2.6.21-i686-smp)
-  to the new one (e.g. (e.g. config-2.6.22-i686-smp).
-- Copy the config file for this platform
-  (e.g. config-2.6.22-i686-smp) to .config in the kernel source tree.
-- Run `make oldconfig ARCH={i386,x86_64,um}', answer all questions.
-  (For the uml configuration, also add "SHELL=bash".)
-- Make sure that CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING is NOT SET (otherwise fbsplash
-  won't work).  If it is, investigate why (there's probably another
-  option that forces it to be on) and fix it.
-- Copy .config over the new config file (e.g. config-2.6.21-i686-smp).
-
-
-- To do `make menuconfig':
-
-  $ nix-env -i ncurses
-  $ export NIX_CFLAGS_LINK=-lncurses
-  $ make menuconfig ARCH=<arch>