Compiling kernel from scratch

Download the latest patch and sources from kernel.org.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel.../linux-2....tar.bz2
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel.../patch-2.....bz2

unzip the file and apply the patch:
# tar xvf linux-2.6....bz2
# mv patch-2......bz2 linux-2..../
# cd linux-2....