> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:35 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Kernel Compiling > > Am Mi, den 29.06.2005 schrieb Robby Tanner um 23:16: > > > I've just started to get my feet wet by downloading kernel > sources and > > compiling my first kernel. > > > > I'm using FC3-i386 and downloaded the latest SRPMS. > > > > A few questions: > > > > 1) When I did a mkinitrd against the existing > > /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.667, > > That is the original FC3 kernel, old and vulnerable. Should I upgrade to 2.6.something else then? > > 4) There was a load of .patch files in the SOURCES dir, > some from pre > > 2.6.9 kernels. Do I need to apply those in order before compiling? > Yes, sure. Else they are just on your hard drive and do nothing. Even though some of them are 2.6.7 or earlier? > > 5) What, if anything do I do with patch-2.6.9-final.bz2 and > > patch-2.6.9-final-bk2.bz2? > > Misses the other patches. I'm not sure what you mean by that? > rpmbuild -bp --target=<arch> kernel-2.6.spec > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc3/x86/ > > The release notes contain the instructions. Didn't you read them? No, I didn't, but I will, thanks for the pointer. > These are SELinux messages, so called audit / avc messages. > The CVS server is just not available for me. I guess you > missed SELinux patches with your route described in 5) Not sure what that means either. Thank you for taking the time to respond. Regards, Rob
