On Dec 18, 2005, at 4:37 PM, Jim Perrin wrote:
I think i gonna compile the kernel by myself however, i dont know where to find the kernel source code. Is it possible to get the lastest kernel source code from the kernel.org and make oldconfig and compile it? I guess i also need to upgrade the centOS stock gcc. Thanks for respond, guys
It's possible, yes. It's generally a VERY bad idea though, as the centos/RHEL kernels are VERY heavily patched, and the centos/RHEL system is built on them, and designed to work with them. In some cases, updates depend on you using a specific kernelYou'll jeopardize stability by building your own kernel from kernel.org sources. This is true for most modern distros, not just centos and RHEL. Rebuilding the kernel is no longer something required or recommended for the average linux user. We've provided a secondary kernel that has the driver you requested, so I don't see a pressing need for you to rebuild the kernel. Yes rebuilding is possible. No I don't recommend it. You'll probably have issues, at which point I'll probably recommend you use the provided kernels. If it breaks, you get to keep all the pieces.
-- Jim Perrin System Architect - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center
I know that, with RHEL 2.1, compiling the stock 2.4.18 kernel instead of the Redhat kernel causes problems with the sadc program. If I forget to disable it with cron, the computer gets VERY slow with the large numbers of this program eating up all available CPU time.