[CentOS] recompiling kernel for centos 4.2 x86_64

Thu Jan 19 21:36:48 UTC 2006
Fong Vang <sudoyang at gmail.com>

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?

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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