On 26/06/19 23.51, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 5:20 AM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello CentOS users, >> >> Currently I have compiled kernel version 4.19.37, which the source is from kernel.org. I compiled the kernel by following >> steps: >> - get the kernel tarball and unpack it >> - install prerequisties as described in https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel (in addition bc and openssl-devel) >> - copy the kernel configuration: >> $ cp /boot/config-3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 ~/linux-4.19.37/.config >> - create configuration: >> $ cd ~/linux-4.19.37 >> $ make olddefconfig >> $ make nconfig >> - compile and create RPM package: >> $ make vmlinux >> $ make modules >> $ make rpm-pkg >> - install kernel RPM: >> # yum install ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/kernel-*.rpm >> >> However, in the last step (installing kernel RPM), I got following notice: >> ================================================================================ >> Package Arch Version >> Repository Size >> ================================================================================ >> Installing: >> kernel x86_64 4.19.37_sentinel_custom-1 >> /kernel-4.19.37_sentinel_custom-1.x86_64 209 M >> kernel-devel x86_64 4.19.37_sentinel_custom-1 >> /kernel-devel-4.19.37_sentinel_custom-1.x86_64 817 M >> kernel-headers x86_64 4.19.37_sentinel_custom-1 >> /kernel-headers-4.19.37_sentinel_custom-1.x86_64 4.6 M >> replacing kernel-headers.x86_64 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7 >> >> Transaction Summary >> ================================================================================ >> Install 3 Packages >> >> There, the compiled kernel-headers package (4.19.37_sentinel_custom-1) is about to replace stock version >> (3.10.0-957.21.3.el7). Is it safe to continue installing from compiled RPM package above, or install kernel manually? > In general, you want to keep the distro's kernel-headers unless you > also plan to play with glibc. You may find the following article > useful: > > https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelHeaders > > Akemi > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos So is it safe to install kernel RPMs generated by compilation from kernel.org tarball, or should I stick to manual install?