[OT] please review new kernel build doc on fedora wiki

[Chuck Ebbert]

Sam Folk-Williams wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I (with DaveJ) help maintain the kernel release notes for Fedora. A user suggested a
> while back that we remove the building instructions from the release notes and
> put those in a separate doc devoted to more detailed instructions on building
> the kernel RPM (including applying patches and configuring options). 
> 
> I've got a draft doc now. I come to this from a support perspective - building
> kernels with patches I get from Engineering to pass on for testing. I'd like to
> get the point of view of some kernel developers as well.
> 
> - Is what's here correct?
> - Is there more that should be here?
> - Does the info here conform to best practices?
> 
> Any feedback appreciated. I am happy to make edits myself if you reply, or of
> course any one can make edits on their own.
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/CustomKernel
> 

When copying the kernel tree, the second copy should be:

cp -alv ~/rpmbuild/redhat/kernel-2.6.x.orig ~/rpmbuild/redhat/kernel-2.6.x.new

this will hardlink the original and new trees so diff will run much faster.
Hardlinks should not present a problem because text editors know how to break
them -- Midnight Commander now asks, so maybe a note telling people about
the hardlinks could be added there as well.