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 question.to 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.
2007/7/4, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger(a)gmail.com>:
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:
>
http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_fedora 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::
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc6/en_US/sn-Kernel.html
In your specific case you're missing the --target $(uname -m)
-Toshio
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