[CentOS] recompiling kernel for centos 4.2 x86_64

[Johnny Hughes]

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 13:36 -0800, Fong Vang wrote:
> On 1/19/06, Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm trying to add the xfs and reiserfs module (the centosplus kernel
> > > package has an unsupported which I don't want to use).  I realized
> > > that it was you who packaged this unsupported kernel.  How did you go
> > > about adding the module?  The procedure I used to add these in CentOS
> > > 4.1 i686 doesn't seem to work.
> >
> > Keep in mind that the xfs modules in the default kernel you're
> > rebuilding.... well, they suck. This is why there's a custom xfs
> > kernel module in the dev.centos.org repository. The stock XFS module
> > will foul things up nicely for you, as there are all sorts of flaws in
> > it as well as things unsupported that are generally required for rhel
> > kernels (4k stacks anyone?). I would REALLY have to advise that you
> > use the unsupported kernel that is provided. The one you're building
> > seems to be causing you a fair amount of grief, and you haven't even
> > got it installed yet.
> 
> I didn't know there's a dev.centos.org.  There's quite a bit of stuff
> there.  What exactly are these?
> 
> kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-11.EL-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-11.ELsmp-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-22.EL-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-22.ELsmp-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
> 
> Do these contain just the xfs module?
> 

Yes ... they just contain the things required to run xfs for the kernel.
The code is better than the 2.6.9 kernel stuff and this is straight from
SGI.

> I've forgotten about the src rpm for the unsupported kernel.  I'll try
> building with that instead after changing the name.
> 


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