On Wed, 2012-12-26 at 14:29 +0530, Pritam Bankar wrote: > 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 > > Sure, I guessed so and did this only, but just to confirm I posted in the list It worked ! Thank you very much for you reply! > > > > > > -- 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
