Recompiling kernel kernel-2.6.5-1.358.src.rpm

[James Wilkinson]

ramya_krishnan at sifycorp.com wrote:
> The OS that the system on which is Redhat Enterprise edition with kernel 2.4.9-e.12smp. Is there any other information that i can provide??

Yes.

Which RHEL?

Have you upgraded enough packages to satisfy the 2.6 kernel
requirements? From Documentation/Changes:

# Current Minimal Requirements
# ============================
# 
# Upgrade to at *least* these software revisions before thinking you've
# encountered a bug!  If you're unsure what version you're currently
# running, the suggested command should tell you.
# 
# Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already
# functionally running a Linux 2.4 kernel.  Also, not all tools are
# necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any PCMCIA (PC
# Card) hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself
# with pcmcia-cs.
# 
# o  Gnu C                  2.95.3                  # gcc --version
# o  Gnu make               3.79.1                  # make --version
# o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v
# o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
# o  module-init-tools      0.9.10                  # depmod -V
# o  e2fsprogs              1.29                    # tune2fs
# o  jfsutils               1.1.3                   # fsck.jfs -V
# o  reiserfsprogs          3.6.3                   # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs
# o  xfsprogs               2.6.0                   # xfs_db -V
# o  pcmcia-cs              3.1.21                  # cardmgr -V
# o  quota-tools            3.09                    # quota -V
# o  PPP                    2.4.0                   # pppd --version
# o  isdn4k-utils           3.1pre1                 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
# o  nfs-utils              1.0.5                   # showmount --version
# o  procps                 3.2.0                   # ps --version
# o  oprofile               0.5.3                   # oprofiled --version

If that doesn't work, then you might want to try the appropriate RHEL
list.

James.

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