[CentOS] Run a more recent kernel than 2.6.18 on CentOS?
Florin Andrei
florin at andrei.myip.org
Wed Sep 17 23:13:16 UTC 2008
Florin Andrei wrote:
> Get the vanilla kernel tarball.
> Apply the mkspec patch. (*)
Now do this:
export RPM_RH5_STYLE=1
Otherwise the patch is pointless.
Or hack the patch and remove the "if $RPM_RH5_STYLE; then" conditionals
so it's always generated "RH5 style".
> Get the .config file from the CentOS kernel (see /boot).
> Use that config file to do a "make oldconfig" in the vanilla kernel
> source tree. This will import most settings from the original CentOS
> kernel.
> Now do a "make menuconfig" and peruse the config items. Make sure it's
> not missing important stuff.
> Now do "make rpm".
> Voila, you've got a kernel rpm that's pretty similar to CentOS, only newer.
>
> (*) - without the mkspec patch, the rpm will be pretty generic. The
> CentOS/Redhat kernel rpm has a few more features that you need. This
> patch adds them. See the file attached to this message.
>
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