On 28 March 2014 21:14, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > On 03/28/2014 04:06 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > On 03/28/2014 01:36 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Saket Sinha <saket.sinha89 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> It was pointed out the CentOS-devel mailing list the below link- > >>> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel > >>> > >>> which allows me to create a rpm for my customized kernel and install > it. > >>> > >>> Now my question is there no method where in I can apply a kernel > >>> source tree from kernel.org(maybe 3,x version) and install it on > >>> Centos ? > >> No problem. Just use kernel-ml/lt from ELRepo: > >> > >> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml > >> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-lt > >> > >> Akemi > > I would point out that I have personally been using kernel-ml on all my > > main CentOS-6 workstations for months (maybe even years :D) without > > major problems. > > > > The only issue I have ever really had was getting the NVIDIA drivers to > > compile post 3.13.x: > > > > > http://centosnow.blogspot.com/2014/02/kernel-ml-nvidia-drivers-and-313x-kernel.html > > > > You might also need a newer acpi .. check the known issues here: > > > > http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml > > > > But, on both my ThinkPad T520 and Dell M4500N laptops, the kernel-ml > > works great for me. > > > > One last thing if using a kernel named anything other than kernel ... > > edit the file /etc/sysconfig/kernel and find: > > DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel > > and change it to: > > DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel-ml > > if you want the system to automatically enable the new kernel-ml upon > install (in /boot/grub/grub.conf) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Thanks Johnny, I have been editing /boot/grub/grub.conf for kernel-ml for as long as I can remember. -- Kind Regards Earl Ramirez