[CentOS] recompiling kernel for centos 4.2 x86_64

[Fong Vang]

On 1/19/06, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 13:36 -0800, Fong Vang wrote:
> > On 1/19/06, Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to add the xfs and reiserfs module (the centosplus kernel
> > > > package has an unsupported which I don't want to use).  I realized
> > > > that it was you who packaged this unsupported kernel.  How did you go
> > > > about adding the module?  The procedure I used to add these in CentOS
> > > > 4.1 i686 doesn't seem to work.
> > >
> > > Keep in mind that the xfs modules in the default kernel you're
> > > rebuilding.... well, they suck. This is why there's a custom xfs
> > > kernel module in the dev.centos.org repository. The stock XFS module
> > > will foul things up nicely for you, as there are all sorts of flaws in
> > > it as well as things unsupported that are generally required for rhel
> > > kernels (4k stacks anyone?). I would REALLY have to advise that you
> > > use the unsupported kernel that is provided. The one you're building
> > > seems to be causing you a fair amount of grief, and you haven't even
> > > got it installed yet.
> >
> > I didn't know there's a dev.centos.org.  There's quite a bit of stuff
> > there.  What exactly are these?
> >
> > kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-11.EL-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-11.ELsmp-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-22.EL-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> > kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-22.ELsmp-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> >
> > Do these contain just the xfs module?
> >
>
> Yes ... they just contain the things required to run xfs for the kernel.
> The code is better than the 2.6.9 kernel stuff and this is straight from
> SGI.

This is what I'll used then.  Excellent!


> > I've forgotten about the src rpm for the unsupported kernel.  I'll try
> > building with that instead after changing the name.
> >
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