On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Abdulmajid Sharif wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been working since yesterday on building a customized kernel for
> a new Dual-PII 400 server.
>
> The default kernel in Mandrake 6.0 is 2.2.9-17 ( i think), while there is
> a later version 2.2.9-27.
ships with 2.2.9-19mdk
> My problem is i need to build a more customized version of the kernel, but
> at the same time keep the patches integrated by Chmouel, Bero and others.
> I thought of rebuilding the RPM and manually editing the spec file but its
> one of the most complex spec files I have ever seen :) (although XFree86
> spec files might be more complex).
>
> Any idea which file i should edit in the SOURCES directory to enable or
> disable various kernel features ? (need PII support, SMP, SCSI, no sound,
> etc.) ?
If you've installed the kernel-source and do not need an rpm, just copy
the kernel-2.2-i586-smp.config (name might be off didn't check)
to /usr/src/linux/.config and modify till your hearts content. The
kernel-source has all the patches applied..
> One way i thought of doing so would be
> 1. Use rpm -bp to unpack the sources and apply the patches
> 2. use make menuconfig (or make xconfig) to generate a custom.config file
> 3. Edit the spec file to build an extra package
> 4. Rebuild the rpm using rpm -ba
>
> Would this work ?
Should work, this is how Redhat expects everyone todo it (see rh's
hedwig-list archives for more explination)
> Abdul
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>
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