Re: How do I recompile the kernel?

Jeremy Thompson wrote:

On 2/13/06, *Neil Cherry* <ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Jeremy Thompson wrote:
     >
     >
     > On 2/13/06, *Neil Cherry* <ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
     >     what I did so far:
     >
     >     wget

> ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.src.rpm

     >     rpm -ihv ~/kernel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.src.rpm
     >
     >     # cd ../BUILD/kernel-2.6.12/linux-2.6.12/
     >
     >     cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS

    *** <- Right here (see below)

     >     rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 kernel-2.6.spec
     >     cd ../BUILD/kernel-2.6.15/linux-2.6.15/
     >     make xconfig
     >     make rpm
     >
     >     And when it's done I'll do this:
     >
     >     cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/
     >     rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.15prep-1.i386.rpm
     >     cd /boot
     >     mkinitrd initrd-2.6.15-prep.img 2.6.15-prep
     >

     > You know I wanted to ask this question a few days ago.. thanks for
     > taking the bullet for me.  This is exactly what I needed.  I have
     > another question though.  If you needed to patch.  WHere would it
    go in
     > the process?  Where would you issue the 'patch -pl' command?

    Warning: I'm guessing here!

    Actually I got this from the list so thanks goes out to other
    member of the list. See where I put the note above (***), that's
    where I add my patches. First I'd take a look at the kernel-2.6.spec
    and find the last patch. Just before:

    # END OF PATCH DEFINITIONS

    I'd add something like:

    Patch19999: my-patchfile.patch

    Then a little later in the file:

    #%patch10004 -p1

    %patch199999 -p1
    # END OF PATCH APPLICATIONS


So, instead of issuing a command like -

Example Only -

patch -p1 < /usr/src/device-mapper.1.01.05/patches/linux-2.4.28-pre4-devmapper-ioctl.patch

You would add it to the spec file to be automatically included when you did the ' rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 kernel-2.6.spec'

That's what I'm suggesting. if you do give it a go let us know
how it goes.

I might figure all this stuff our after all.....

Nah they'll just change the way we do it next week.

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