On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Globe Trotter wrote: > Question: How does one patch to a kernel? I am under the impression that i need > the src.rpm to do this, but is it at all otherwise possible? Also, if I want to > recompile after patching, how can I do so, given that my kernel is the latest > at this point? - download the .src.rpm - explode it with 'rpm -ivh kernel.src.rpm' - add the patch to the rpmbuild/SOURCES location - add the patch application to rpmbuild/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec file - now build the kernel with 'rpmbuild -ba --target=i686 kernel-2.6.spec - Install the newly built kernel from rpmbuild/RPMS/i686 Satish
