Translations:Kernel/Gentoo Kernel Configuration Guide/87/en

The process of compiling and installing kernels is outside the scope of this document; refer to the Kernel Upgrade Guide for general guidance. In short, the process to get a modified kernel is the following: If one of those final stages has been missed, then the changes will not properly take effect.
 * 1) configure
 * 2) compile
 * 3) mount  (if not already mounted)
 * 4) copy new kernel image to
 * 5) make sure the bootloader will reference the new kernel
 * 6) reboot