oke, so that's how it should be done. i'm compiling the kernel at this moment.... should take a while. now lets hope that wifi support has been made better and that suspend is working how it should :) But why isn't rpmbuild compiling all kernel rpm's if you leave out the --target? than it makes the kernel-headers rpm and a .src.rpm but nothing more. <div>2007/7/4, Toshio Kuratomi < <a href="mailto:a.badger@gmail.com">a.badger@gmail.com</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 17:52 +0200, Mark wrote: > Thanx for the reply but i'm stuck after step 10. > after step 10 it says: "You may then proceed as usual." > and what is that? is that make rpm? or rpmbuild in some special location? > > the notice below step 10 says: "Normally, kernels for Fedora are built > using the rpmbuild utility and a specfile. Your results may vary if > you use the kernel's built-in make rpm target." but that doesn't > answer the <a href="http://question.to">question.to</a> me it indicates that both make rpm and rpmbuild > are possible.. but than again.. where can i do rpmbuild on the kernel? > > That documentation should be expanded with the full guide for making a rpm. > It depends on what you want to do. Your question seemed to be: How do I get "rpmbuild -ba kernel-2.6.spec" to produce kernel rpms. The answer is: rpmbuild -ba --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec I should have made it clearer in my original reply that the "--target...." was the only thing you needed to get from that page. If you want to make modifications to the kernel spec file, then the rest of that page becomes relevant. -Toshio > 2007/7/4, Toshio Kuratomi <<a href="mailto:a.badger@gmail.com">a.badger@gmail.com</a>>: > > On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 16:28 +0200, Mark wrote: > > > oke.. now i'm having a little more complex question also about the kernel. > > > when i do: "rpmbuild -ba kernel-2.6.spec" i get this output within > > > about a minute: > > > > > > Wrote: /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7.src.rpm > > > Wrote: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/kernel-headers-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7.i386.rpm > > > > > > (this was tested with the F7 kernel source but i also tested it with > > > the F8 kernel source. both have the same result as above.. just > > > another version) > > > > > > and more but that's what i want to know. now when running the rpmbuild > > > line i expected the full kernel to be compiled.. not just the headers > > > and the source rpm. so the question is: how do i compile the kernel > > > the fedora way? > > > > > > or is this the way how it should be done: > > > <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_fedora"> http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_fedora</a> if that's the case > > > i will just follow that tutorial. but this (couldn't find it on the > > > wiki) is important information to get in the fedora wiki. > > > > > > And the reason why i want to have this new kernel is mainly because > > > iwl (whatever the name was) just the wireless drivers that should be > > > alot more stable in this kernel than in 2.6.21 > > > > > > > This will help you:: > > <a href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc6/en_US/sn-Kernel.html">http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc6/en_US/sn-Kernel.html </a> > > > > In your specific case you're missing the --target $(uname -m) > > > > -Toshio > > > > -- > > fedora-devel-list mailing list > > <a href="mailto:fedora-devel-list@redhat.com"> fedora-devel-list@redhat.com</a> > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list</a> > > > > > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-devel-list@redhat.com">fedora-devel-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list </a> </blockquote></div>