if i might start a new thread related to this, it's possible to
create "packages" of various formats from a stock kernel source tree:
$ make help
...
Kernel packaging:
rpm-pkg - Build the kernel as an RPM package
binrpm-pkg - Build an rpm package containing the compiled kernel
and modules
deb-pkg - Build the kernel as an deb package
tar-pkg - Build the kernel as an uncompressed tarball
targz-pkg - Build the kernel as a gzip compressed tarball
tarbz2-pkg - Build the kernel as a bzip2 compressed tarball
you can see how each of these is built in scripts/package/Makefile.
i've only glanced at that Makefile but, personally, i'm a little put
off by the fact that trying to build the rpm package first cleans my
tree. i might give some thought to rewriting that Makefile to make it
a little less destructive.
rday
