Compiling kernel rpm

[Ed Greshko]

Otto Haliburton wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
>>bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ed Greshko
>>Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 12:13 AM
>>To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>>Subject: Re: Compiling kernel rpm
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>>Otto Haliburton wrote:
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>>>Life is very complicated.  Let us see if we can make it simple.  1)
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>>build
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>>>the kernel using rpmbuild ... on 1 machine with smp. Creating the
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>>binaries.
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>>>2) create a rpm with these binaries or distribute the binaries to all
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>>other
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>>>machines.  Now is that difficult. Or go in to the spec file and figure
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>>out
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>>>how to set it up for smp.  And go from there.
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>>I'm sorry, is there a question here or are you just making a statement?
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> 
> I'm sorry, did you read the thread or the post or are you trying to be funny
> or can we deduce something about you.

????  I honestly don't see a question in your last post.  Although I 
must admit that my being a native English speaker puts me at a 
disadvantage.  I hope your last remark isn't meant as a provocation.

In any event....

If all you are trying to do is to rebuild the kernel RPM with SMP 
capabilities then you don't need an SMP machine.

Assuming you are using the RH SRPM

1.  rpm -ivh kernel...src.rpm  (Some people find the use of a .rpmmacros 
file of value to put the source in a "non-root") location.

2.  rpmbuild -ba --target i686 kernel-2.4.spec

But then again, someone had already said that...but it seemed to be not 
what you are looking for....

I think the other poster was saying that they hack the kernel....config 
file in the SOURCES directory to enable/disable features as opposed to 
running menuconfig.

Is there something unclear or specific that you need to know that is 
being missed?

Sorry to have irritated you.

-- 
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."

--Ford Prefect in "Mostly Harmless".