[CentOS] linux-3.10.0-514.el7.tar.xz - process of creation

Fri Nov 25 16:57:33 UTC 2016
Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>

On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 6:03 AM, Staazul <info at upwork.link> wrote:
> I try to create own patch for kernel, and I look in process of
> generation binary rpm file.
> As I can see, for creation binary package, rpmbuild doesn't uses any set
> of patches and doesn't uses file of original (vanilla) version of
> kernel. Instead it, I see some xz archive of compressed tree of kernel
> probably with all changes (linux-3.10.0-514.el7.tar.xz). How and where I
> can find process of creation of this archive and to see separately all
> set of patches? I want to remove some changes and add own.
>
> Many thanks to all, who have such info and can give link on process or
> link on documentations of process of creation of this archive.

The individual kernel patches are available to RHEL subscribers. No
public access though.

Do you really need to see them to create your patches? Can't you just
look at the code and figure out the changes you'd like to make?

Akemi