Re: Recreating RH6's stock kernel build configuration

[Jose Romildo Malaquias <romildo urano iceb ufop br>]

I am just in the process of recompiling the kernel in order to
enable NTFS. So the process is too easy:

1. Get the kernel-2.2.5-22.src.rpm
2. Install it. Among the source files you get many
   config files, each one for a different architecutre
   (like kernel-2.2-i3686-smp.config)
3. Install the linus-2.2.5.tar.bz2 files in a temporary dir
4. Go to the resulting dir (mine was /var/tmp/linux)
5. make menuconfig
6. Load the configuration file from the sources
7. Make the desired changes in the configuration
8. Save the new configuration to the same file you have loaded
9. Copy the modified file back to the SOURCES dir (where rpm
   put the sources when you installed the *.src.rpm package).
10. Build the rpm for the desired architecture:
    rpm -ba kernel-2.2.5.spec
    rpm --target i686 -ba kernel-2.2.5.spec
12. Install the resulting binaries

But I was unable to complete the compilation for the kernel
from the updates. The building proces crashes with messages
indicating memory exaustion. I have tried in several machines
and got the same problem. Then I decided to look for a new
release and I am just finishing the building process for
the kernel from rawhide, which was released yesterday. Its
version is 2.2.12.
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On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 09:28:51AM -0700, Scott Tyson wrote:
> This is a good question.  I know that RH does not provide the proper
> config files with their kernels that wree used to make them.  If you
> isntall the SMP kernel upgrade from RH (2.2.5-22) and then try and
> complie something using the SMP switch it will bomb.  You have to re-run
> make config and select your processor type and the SMP option. Then you
> can complile SMP.  They also default the CPU to i386.  I believe the
> file is autoconf.h?   But I could be way off, its been a while since I
> messed with it.  This was disappointing that they give you a nice RPM to
> install the kernel but don't give the the config files used to create
> it.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jake Colman <colman ppllc com>
> To: RedHat List <redhat-list redhat com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 6:53 AM
> Subject: Recreating RH6's stock kernel build configuration
> 
> 
> >
> > I want to upgrade my stock 2.2..5-15 kernel to 2.2.12 but, rather than
> > figure out the build configuration from scratch, I want to start with
> the
> > same settings thar RH used.  This way, I can tweak the configuration
> from a
> > known good point that works on my system.
> >
> > So, where do find the .config for RH's 2.2.5.-15 build?
> >
> > Thanx!
> >
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José Romildo Malaquias <romildo iceb ufop br>
Departamento de Computação
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Brasil