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
