Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Dunc <centos at duncb.co.uk> wrote: > >> Hi Guys >> >> I'm trying to add the patch mentioned in this thread to the plain Centos >> kernel >> >> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-August/062845.html >> >> I've followed the directions on the wiki for building a custom kernel, but >> after applying all the patches it fails with: >> >> make[1]: *** [nonint_oldconfig] Error 4 >> make: *** [nonint_oldconfig] Error 2 >> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.74263 (%prep) >> >> RPM build errors: >> Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.74263 (%prep) >> >> Can anyone help with this? Or is there an easier way to apply the patch, as >> I'm not wanting to change the config of the kernel in any way? >> > > Just wanted to make sure you ran the rpmbuild command with > --target=`uname -m` ? Or did you attempt to build it for an arch that > is different from the running kernel? > Yes, i was following the wiki guide which uses that command > Now... > > This bug looks quite nasty and seems to be affecting a good number of > people. There is a long discussion thread on the Scientific Linux and > someone there is offering patched SL kernels: > > http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0808&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=17645 > > In a case like this, Johnny Hughes used to build a patched version of > CentOS kernels. Seems like he is not available at this moment. Would > some other CentOS dev be able to do this for affected CentOS users? > > That would be brilliant.. > Akemi cheers Dunc