[CentOS] Has anybody recompiled Centos' default kernel on x86_64

[Bogdan Nicolescu]

--- Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote
> > cd /usr/src/kernel/kernel*
> > make mrproper
> > make [x,g]config
> > ##xconfig failed, gconfig worked after installing
> a
> > couple of packages
> > ##configure the kernel
> > ##save information
> > make bzImage
> > ##fails with the offset.h.tmp error
> > ##rest of the procedure if make bzImage is
> successful
> > make modules
> > make modules_install
> > make install
> 
> This is fine for the old days, but there are new
> methods for doing
> this if you're just rebuilding the stock x86_64
> kernel rpm
> 
> The short answer is->
>  rpm -i kernel-2.6.9-34.src.rpm
> rpmbuild -bp $BUILDDIR/SPECS/kernel.spec
> --target=x86_64
> 
> this will give you the patched kernel tree
> 
> edit the appropriate config in
> $BUILDDIR/SOURCES/config-2.6.9-34x86_64
> rpmbuild -bs $BUILDDIR/SPECS/kernel.spec
> --target=x86_64
> to rebuild the src.rpm with your changes
> 
> rpmbuild --rebuild $BUILDDIR/SRPMS/kernel-blah
> --target=x86_64
> 
> then install the new kernel rpms.
> 
> That's off the top of my head, there may be a typo
> or two, but that's
> the right direction.

Thanks Jim