Hi Shraddha, Please find my comments below, On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Shraddha Kamat <sh2008ka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi List, > > I do the following on Fedora kernel src rpm : > (1) rpm -ivh kernel-xxx.rpm > (2) Go to ~/rpmbuild/SPECS dir > (2) rpmbuild -bp kernel.specs --nodeps > > then in the ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/ dir I get kernel-xxx dir > where in there are two source dir - > (1) linux-xxx <-------- A > (2) vanilla-xxx <-------- B > > Why are these two dir created - How do I use the configuration file > /boot/config-xxx to build vmlinuz and initrd image ? Directory B is vanilla kernel source which is standard kernel source. This is a same source which is available on kernel.org Directory A is actually for source which has been modified by user. In this case it will have patches from FEDORA above standard kernel from kernel.org. To build vmlinuz and initrd image copy /boot/config-xxx to Directory A (linux-xxx) and run "sudo make oldconfig" then follow normal compilation steps > > Which dir A or B sould I use for building ? You should be using directory A > > > -- Shraddha > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies Thanks, Pritam _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
