Compiling kernel rpm

[Blair Lowe]

On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 18:46, Otto Haliburton wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Blair Lowe
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:49 PM
> > To: Red Hat General List
> > Subject: Compiling kernel rpm
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > When I try to compile an rpm (rpmbuild -ba) for kernel-2.4.20-28.7 for
> > rh7.3, the rpm doesn't create the smp.
> > 
> > Here is the patch that I want to apply to upgrade the 3ware drivers
> > (from code off of the 3ware website) in case someone at redhat wants to
> > upgrade the valhalla kernel with this stuff:
> > 
> > SPEC FILE (watch for my revision suffix there):
> > http://www.computerengineering.ca/download/specs/kernel-2.4.spec
> > 
> > 3ware PATCH (note patch level in spec file above):
> > http://www.computerengineering.ca/download/patches/3ware-7.7.1-driver-
> > update.patch
> > 
> > Please advise as to how to create the smp kernel. Do I need smp arch on
> > the machine that compiles the kernel to get an smp kernel?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Blair.
> > 
> If you know how to build the kernel, then when you do menuconfig, or th
> xconfig, you need to config the smp processor stuff, unless I'm confused by
> what you are asking.  I don't think you are going to get any other support
> for what you want except you.

Thanks Otto,

Perhaps I should rephrase this for others:
1. I never expected anything from redhat, only requested it. I assumed
that people other than redhat staff read and reply to this list.
2. All I want to know, is that why when I create the kernel from an RPM,
it does not create the smp version.
3. How can I make the rpmbuild create a kernel using the kernel source
with an smp version.
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