Re: Configuring the Kernel

From: Aaron Gaudio (prothonotar_at_tarnation.dyndns.org)
Date: 03/27/05

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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:25:45 -0500

    On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 22:56 -0600, David Hoffman wrote:

    > If your question pertains to re-compiling the kernel so you can add or
    > remove support for other options, or compile modules that can be
    > dynamically loaded instead of statically loaded, then you can
    > certainly find a HOWTO about compiling kernels at the Linux
    > Documentation Project: www.tldp.org

    With the caveat that if you want to recompile a Fedora kernel (with all
    the extra patches they add to the vanilla kernel), you'll have to
    install the kernel srpm and use that. Easiest would be to install the
    srpm then 'rpmbuild -bp kernel-2.6.spec' then go to
    <rpmbuilddir>/kernel-2.6.11/linux-2.6.11 and reconfig/rebuild from there
    (following the directions from a HOWTO). This is the procedure suggested
    in the Fedora Core 3 release notes.

    IMO, it's better if you roll an actual rpm out of it. It'll take a
    little longer, but when you're done, your modified kernel will be
    tracked along with the rest of your software. If all you're doing is
    reconfiguring, you can modify the appropriate config source file before
    doing a full rpm rebuild (-ba), if you want to add patches you'll need
    to modify the spec file. The spec file is written to automatically
    append your username to the rpms that result so they don't conflict with
    the default kernel rpm. 

    -- 
Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar@tarnation.dyndns.org>
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