"vanilla" kernel closest to Fedora kernel

[Peter Backlund]

fre 2004-12-31 klockan 11:53 -0800 skrev Florin Andrei:
> I normally try and use the distribution-provided kernel for pretty much
> everything, because it's simpler this way. But sometimes it's just not
> possible. E.g., for some DVB cards, one needs a vanilla kernel, patched.
> 
> So here's my question: what is the best way to configure a vanilla
> kernel so that it is as close to the Fedora kernel as possible?
> I was thinking to just get the .config file used to generate the Fedora
> kernel and use it to configure/make the vanilla kernel and let the
> kernel build system deal with the differences.

Run the kernel src.rpm through the rpmbuild -bp stage, and try your
patch. If it doesn't apply, comment out patches in the spec until it
does. Also, you'll see what base kernel is used in the spec file.

/Peter