On 4/10/2003 11:44 AM, Max Z. wrote: > If I use RH provided source for the kernel to recompile it, will I be able to > use RH Network binary kernel updates? Will I have to get the source for the > kernel from RH Network and recompile it? Also, is it possible to patch the > kernel provided with RH with patches from kernel.org? This has been asked before - you may find answers in the archives (see the URL at the bottom of this post). But in short, you install kernel-source-<version>.i386.rpm, which installs source to /usr/src/linux-<version> (with symlinks to linux and/or linux-2.4) Each time an update is provided, you'll need to recompile. You'll probably be able to copy your .config file from one source tree to another, but you will need to rebuild for your options each time. As for kernel.org, The patches go the other way. Red Hat takes a stock kernel, and patches their stuff against it. You could install the *.src.rpm which would give you the stock tree as well as *every* patch. This would, however, be rather resource intensive, and I'd begin to question the rewards... HTH, -Rick -- Rick Johnson, RHCE #807302311706007 - rjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx Linux/Network Administrator - Medata, Inc. PGP Public Key: https://mail.medata.com/pgp/rjohnson.asc
