On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 3:57 AM, gayathri.madda@wipro.com wrote:

Hi Team,

As there was no official Linux kernel RPM (version 3.18.22) for CentOS 7 in any of their distribution versions, we have customized spec file for creating 3.18.22 kernel RPM for CentOS-7 Minimal version by taking 3.18.12 kernel spec file

I will warn you that kernel updates of a production grade operating sytem like RHEL, upstream, takes one heck of a lot more testing than just "use new tarball". It needs to run through quite a large regression test suite, to make sure that old fixes and patches are customizations are correctly applied, and it doesn't break anything critical, and ideally that it provides a worthwhile upgrade.

Was there some specific feature you were seeking? Features that will not be available in, say, the 4.5.0 kernel currently in Fedora rawhide?

STEPS for Generating Kernel RPM

1. Downloaded the latest 3.18.22 kernel source code “linux-3.18.22.tar.gz”

from

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/

2.  Customized the 3.18.12 kernel spec file w.r.t 3.18.22 kernel SPEC
   

and created RPM for CentOS 7 Minimal Version

Regards,

Gayathri

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On 01/19/2016 02:57 AM, gayathri.madda@wipro.com wrote:

Hi Team,

As there was no official Linux kernel RPM (version 3.18.22) for CentOS 7 in any of their distribution versions, we have customized spec file for creating 3.18.22 kernel RPM for CentOS-7 Minimal version by taking 3.18.12 kernel spec file

STEPS for Generating Kernel RPM

1.Downloaded the latest 3.18.22 kernel source code “linux-3.18.22.tar.gz https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.18.22.tar.gz” from

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/

2.  Customized the 3.18.12 kernel spec file w.r.t 3.18.22 kernel
   

SPEC and created RPM for CentOS 7 Minimal Version

For the record, the Virt SIG produces a newer LTS kernel.org kernel for Xen .. it is currently 3.18.21-17.el7 and lives here:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/virt/x86_64/xen/

That kernel will be updated periodically by the Virt SIG.

Thanks, Johnny Hughes