[Tfug] ip_tables kernel code no longer possible to build into the kernel?

[Robert Hunter]

> some initrd nonsense that wouldn't boot no matter what i did.
>

That is odd, because debian stock kernels are configured to work on a
large variety of hardware.  On the other hand, the kernels from the stable
debian distribution sometimes lack support for newer hardware.  I would
try to determine more precisely why your system wouldn't boot with a stock
kernel, rather than attribute it to "some initrd nonsense".  That conveys
roughly the same amount of information as saying, "oh noes, my computer
machine is broken."

> besides, i'd want fuse and xfs.
>

Here would a perfect opportunity to take advantage of kernel modules. 
Rather than recompile the entire kernel, you just grab the kernel headers
( available as a separate package ), and compile xfs and fuse as modules. 
It takes a fraction of the time, and you don't risk breaking your working
kernel.

-- 
Rob