compiling kernels

[Stephan Quitzsch <wir95ccv%rzaix340.rz.uni-leipzig.de@localhost>]

Hi there,

last weekend i tried to compile a kernel myself and got some problems. 
first, there is a file named "machine/remote-sl.h" absent. this is needed 
by any option which i do not know. compiling a GENERIC-kernel works.
therefore i switched off one option and recompiled. if this worked i 
switched off the next option and so on... 
Using this method i found out that e.g. disabling the SunOS-compatibility 
forces linker errors due to some unknown symbols as well as enabling the 
kernel-debugger support. the same with disabling draco support.
But SCSI-debug and bsd-compression works without linker errors.
One little Question left: What is meant with sync on keyboard reset? 
should this sync the discs before reboot? if so, it doesn't work.

Thanx in advance,
        Stephan