Hi Linus, Linus Hicks wrote: >> The Kernel sourcecode is not like kernel-source. It is a noarch rpm >> that does not get arch specific patches added to the source, making it >> relatively worthless as a package for building kernels. > Note that alternatively, you can make your own kernel-sourcecode rpm by > editing the spec file once you install the .src.rpm. You will see > several "%define"s right near the front, one of which is "buildsource" > and by setting that to "1" (and I usually set the others to "0" so it > won't take so long), rather than doing the rpmbuild -bp, you can then do > something like: > > rpmbuild -bb --target i686 kernel-2.6.spec > > and you will get your own kernel-sourcecode rpm in the RPMS/<arch> > directory. As Johnny already pointed out in his post - the kernel-sourcecode rpm that you generate using this method will not really be the kernel source that reflects the real state of the binary kernel. Try building a kernel out of this source, compare with the binary kernel built out of the .src.rpm and the point is easily demonstrated. - K