[CentOS] SELinux messages after compiling new kernel

[Johnny Hughes]

Sergio Belkin wrote:
> 2009/8/27 Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>:
>> Sergio Belkin wrote:
>>> 2009/8/27 Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden at gmail.com>:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:46, Sergio Belkin<sebelk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Jim, thanks for the suggestion, but Firstly: I need a newer kernel in
>>>>> order to get IO statistics from tools like atop, pidstat, etc. And
>>>>> secondly and most important: my boss wants that :)
>>>> Then CentOS is not what you want.
>>>>
>>>> There is a reason why RHEL/CentOS does not ship with the latest kernel
>>>> (and other components) and backports fixes instead. It's not trivial
>>>> to make different versions of these components work together. If you
>>>> try to replace the kernel (or other core components) you will see how
>>>> painful it is. In fact, you started to see it already. You may try to
>>>> continue to go that way, but I doubt anyone in this list will be able
>>>> to help you there... you're pretty much on your own.
>>>>
>>>>> So I'd be glad to hear other kind of solution :)
>>>> Look at the latest Fedora or Ubuntu or another one of the "cutting
>>>> edge" distributions that ship with more recent versions of components.
>>>>
>>>> Or ask yourself (or your boss) *WHY* you think you really need a later
>>>> version of a certain component. What is your real problem? Is it
>>>> support to a certain hardware? Is it network related? Is it
>>>> (unfounded) fear that the kernel in CentOS might be vulnerable? It
>>>> might be possible to solve your problem using CentOS in another way,
>>>> if you come back to the list with the real problem we might be able to
>>>> help you better.
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Felipe
>>> I've just explained the reason why I've compiled.
>>>
>>>
>> Let me try it a different way.
>>
>> The current kernel used by Red Hat in RHEL 4 is a 2.6.9-x kernel and it
>> has 1973 patches.  The one currently in use in RHEL 5 is a 2.6.18-x
>> kernel with 2882 patches.
>>
>> Many packages are compiled against kernel-headers and depend on the proc
>>  structure that is there.
>>
>> SELinux is just one of many issues you will have if you try to use a
>> main line kernel on CentOS.  You will need to have several of the Red
>> Hat patches (modified to work with the new kernel tree) incorporated in
>> order to use a newer kernel on CentOS.
>>
>> If you absolutely have to have a newer kernel (you should not do this
>> ... but hey, it IS your machine) ... then instead of trying to use a
>> main line kernel, instead try to use the latest one from here:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/
>>
>> This kernel has been tested for use with RHEL-5 and is 2.6.24-x.
>>
>> You still might have issues, but they should be far fewer than running a
>> main line kernel on CentOS.
>>
>> Would you, if you boss told you he wanted you to, try to make the
>> Windows Vista system files run on Windows 95?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Johnny Hughes
> 
> 
> Thanks for provide the more smart and constructive answer so far.
> 
> On ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/
> I've only found kernel-rt, are they real time kernels?
> 
Yes, those are real time kernels.

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