How to get a patched kernel into anaconda?

[Erik P. Olsen]

On 07/09/08 16:23, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
> Erik P. Olsen wrote:
>> This is all new land for me, so bear with me if the answer is trivial.
>>
>> I have patched kernel 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 (actually sata_mv.c) to support
>> my sta
>> disk controller. It works correctly, I can attach my disks make
>> directories and
>> store data on them and even retrieve the data. So from that perspective
>> everything is fine.
>>
>> The next thing I want to do is to boot from the disks and create my
>> system on
>> them. That means as far as I can see that anaconda must use the
>> patched kernel.
>> Is there a way to load this kernel during start of anaconda or can I
>> create a
>> new install dvd with the kernel added?
>>
>> Can someone help me with this?
>>
> 
> yum install pungi or revisor, point them to the repository you create
> (and that contains the customized kernel), and run the tools.
> 
> FWIW, the customized kernel's NEVRA (name, epoch, version, release,
> architecture) will need to be higher then the one from the kernel
> available from upstream.
> 
> FWIW^2, could you log a bug against the kernel and attach the patch you
> applied (if you haven't already)?

Someone else made the patch and as far as I am informed it'll be included in
2.6.27 but there is a long way before it makes its way into anaconda - maybe
fedora 11.

-- 
Erik.