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.