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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
