On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Ken Teh <[email protected]> wrote: > I need some pointers on compiling a new kernel for SL5x. I haven't done one > in a long time and am not familiar with the directory layouts. > > I used to unpack the tarball into /usr/src/linux-2.x.yy and create a link > /usr/src/linux to point to this directory. Do all the compilation and > installing from /usr/src/linux. > > Is the preferred method to unpack the tarball into /usr/src/kernels and > simply work in /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.x.yy? I have a vague notion that > compiling add-on modules for the running kernel rely on files in > /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.x.yy? Is this correct? > > Btw, I posted a question about SL5.5's latest kernel not detecting my DVD > drive which was connected to the MB's IDE port. It turns out the Fedora > 12's kernel sees it just fine. Without any BIOS tinkering. Hence my > interest in updating the kernel for SL5x. > > I'd also appreciate any caveats (except for auto kernel updates via yum) you > may have of running a later kernel with SL5x.
If you just want to test, Alan Bartlett is offering kernel 2.6.34 that would run under RHEL/SL/CentOS-5 here: http://centos.toracat.org/ajb/kernel/2.6.34/ Akemi / toracat
