Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
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From: Fernando Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Dec 25, 2007 1:28 PM
Subject: Compiling kernel
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Hi all,
I have a problem when I try to compile the latest kernel for my FC6. I
downloaded kernel-2.6.22.14-72.fc6.src.rpm.
I'm following the instructions in
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel?highlight=%28kernel%29
as I did successfully before.
However, now, when I reach point 6 under "Configuring kernel options"
I see, there are not config-<arch> files anymore (as there were with
the kernel-2.6.22.9-61) but only these two files:
config-rhel-generic config-rhel-x86-generic
What are these two RH Enterprise files for?
Why this changed?
Can any of you give me some ideas on how to compile the kernel in the
"Fedora way"?
Thanks in advance... and Merry Christmas!
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Hi again,
No one on this issue? Is this a problem in the last FC6 kernel? Are
those files (config-<arch>) present in the .src.rpm packages on F8?
Thanks in advance.
This is what I get:
->rpm -qlp kernel-2.6.23.9-85.fc8.src.rpm | grep config
Makefile.config
config-debug
config-generic
config-i586
config-i686
config-i686-PAE
config-ia64
config-ia64-generic
config-nodebug
config-powerpc-generic
config-powerpc32-generic
config-powerpc32-smp
config-powerpc64
config-powerpc64-kdump
config-rhel-generic
config-rhel-x86-generic
config-s390x
config-sparc64
config-sparc64-generic
config-sparc64-smp
config-x86-generic
config-x86_64-generic
config-xen-generic
config-xen-ia64
config-xen-x86
config-xen-x86_64
linux-2.6-build-nonintconfig.patch
linux-2.6-pass-g-to-assembler-under-config_debug_info.patch
And all of the hardware specific ones are just 8 lines or so.
config-generic has all of the usual stuff.
I am trying to modify the 8250 serial driver for some embedded systems,
and its a real pain.
After 4 builds (about an hour each on my laptop) I came to the same
conclusion you have.
Its still a mystery to me how to preserve my config changes. It used to
be that I could copy my config back to the SOURCES directory (don't
forget to add # i386 to the top) and the next rpmbuild would copy it
back in and use it. Now that method does not work.
Here is the relevant output from the rpmbuild:
+ cp /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-debug
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/co
nfig-generic /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-i586
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOU
RCES/config-i686 /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-i686-PAE
/home/pmeyer/rpmb
uild/SOURCES/config-ia64
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-ia64-generic /home
/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-nodebug
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-olp
c-generic /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-powerpc-generic
/home/pmeyer/rpmb
uild/SOURCES/config-powerpc32-generic
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-power
pc32-smp /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-powerpc64
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SO
URCES/config-powerpc64-kdump
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-rhel-generic /
home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-rhel-x86-generic
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURC
ES/config-s390x /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-sparc64
/home/pmeyer/rpmbui
ld/SOURCES/config-sparc64-generic
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-sparc64-s
mp /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-x86-generic
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCE
S/config-x86_64-generic /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-xen-generic
/home/p
meyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-xen-ia64
/home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-xen-
x86 /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/config-xen-x86_64 .
OK, it copies ALL of the config files over, even for a targeted build.
No big deal, yet.
+ make -f /home/pmeyer/rpmbuild/SOURCES/Makefile.config VERSION=2.6.23.9
configs
This make is hard coded to use config-generic + targeted arch.
So, what is the proper method?
1. Modify SOURCES/config-generic?
I doubt that this is what the authors intended.
2. Modify the SOURCES/config-ARCH?
This is likely, BUT there is no indication of what to put in there.
Is there a special syntax to make the above work? And what about the
times when I want to use gconfig to make some modifications? That will
create a .config that is the equivalent of the config-generic file.
VERY confusing.
Further clarification and enlightenment is needed.
Thanks!
