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 ? > > Which dir A or B sould I use for building ? > > i dunno why you are doing these things, all these look hard path. this is what i do: take new kernel from ftp.kernel.org or git.kernel.org. make defconfig make -j10 make modules_install make install there are some gliches to it, say you have to select the filesystems correctly like if you have ext2, in .config enable CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y or what ever the filesystem currently you have. and your ethernet driver (as of now compile the ethernet drivers as modules) (make menuconfig then networking then ethernet ) same with the wireless drivers too, (make menuconfig then networking then wireless ) the names i mentioned may change but please go through google once posting here :) thanks, > -- Shraddha > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
