Running a “Vanilla” Mainline Kernel on Raspberry Pi 5: Full Workflow of Trimming, Cross-Compilation, and Deployment
Summary This article systematically documents how I turned a Raspberry Pi 5 into a minimal development and testing platform for the mainline Linux kernel (Vanilla Kernel) — including repository trimming strategies, custom kernel configuration, cross-compilation and automated deployment scripts, overlay removal techniques, and long-term synchronization with the mainline community. It’s aimed at geeks interested in the Linux mainline, ARM64 adaptation, kernel development, upstream contribution, or anyone who loves tinkering with the kernel. ...