On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Terry Hull tah@nrg-inc.com wrote:
I’m trying to build a 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 kernel without kabichk. I have downloaded the sources, installed the compiler, etc and ran the following command
rpmbuild -bb --target=`uname -m` --without kabichk --with baseonly --without debug \ --without debuginfo kernel-2.6.spec.
I had modified the .SPEC file according to the WIKI page http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel
For the most part, the build instructions on the link work for me. The only changes I do is to install rpmdevtools first, then run rpmdev-setuptree to create the rpmbuild directories and .rpmmacros file. The x86_64 also had a requirement for the unifdef package.
I have NOT installed any patches that will break KABI, but I am wanting to patch the kernel for SCST, and that will do it. Currently, I’m just trying to get the beast to build. I have been successful getting this to work on older versions like 2.6.18-92.1.22, but I have not had success with –128.1.6. l. I have not worried about build errors at this point, because I’m hoping someone can say, “Just do this, and all will be well.”
I am relatively new to CentOS / RedHat, but I do have a significant amount of Linux experience building kernels.
I am now trying to see if I can get the kernel to build with kabi in place.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. TIA.
Any errors?