On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 11:05, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > > > > > > > When I try to compile an rpm (rpmbuild -ba) for kernel-2.4.20-28.7 for > > > > rh7.3, the rpm doesn't create the smp. > > > > > > > > Please advise as to how to create the smp kernel. Do I need smp arch > > on > > > > the machine that compiles the kernel to get an smp kernel? > > > > > > > If you know how to build the kernel, then when you do menuconfig, or th > > > xconfig, you need to config the smp processor stuff, unless I'm confused > > by > > > what you are asking. I don't think you are going to get any other > > -- > respectfully, I just told you, use the configuration programs to configure > for smp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Otto. The appropriate answer to this one is: rpmbuild -ba --target=i686 kernel-2.4.spec you need the i686 in order to build the smp stuff, otherwise it will not build it. Rebuilding the kernel using make menuconfig etc. is OK for a one off purpose, but not for multiple machine deployment (the whole purpose of rpm). In fact I rarely use make menuconfig because it is not reproduce-able. If you are doing red hat stuff, and know how to build RPM's, then editing or patching a config file is much better so that you can create an rpm for 100's or thousands of machines, and not just one, or for one image. TAFN, Blair. -- .ca DOMAINS: https://www.domainsunder.ca Computer Engineering Inc. Tel 780 450 8494 or TOLL FREE 1 877 968 7626 (9-5 Mountain Time) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
