On 4/17/05, Brian Truter <btruter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 4/17/05, Mercury Morris <mercury.morris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In the kernel section of the Release Notes, step 4 (quoted below), > > tells where to place the file called .config, by copying the desired > > file into a directory. I am unable to tell from step 4, exactly WHICH > > directory the .config file is supposed to end up in. > > > > For example, if I was working with the source for a 2.6.9 kernel, > > should the .config file be in > > > > /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9 > > or > > /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9 > > or > > where? > > > > I'm sorry to be so dense about this, especially if the answer > > turns out to be extremely obvious. Also, I'm sorry I didn't > > save an old Red Hat 7.x system on which I built many > > kernels, so I would have something to use as a reference. > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > ------- Step 4 of the kernel section ------- > > > > 4. In resulting tree, the configurations for the specific kernels > > shipped in Fedora Core 3 are in the /configs/ directory. For > > example, the i686 SMP configuration file is named > > /configs/kernel-<version>-i686-smp.config. Issue the following > > command to place the desired configuration file in the proper place > > for building: > > > > cp <desired-file> ./.config > > > it would go in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9 in your > example. It goes in the root of the build directory > Thanks, Brian ! -- MM
