Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965203AbVKHON6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:13:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965211AbVKHON6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:13:58 -0500 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:31501 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965203AbVKHON5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:13:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 In-Reply-To: <1131459503.25192.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20051108062936.14482.qmail@web33308.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200511080833.57710.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <1131459503.25192.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2005 14:13:55.0136 (UTC) FILETIME=[A7201400:01C5E46E] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Automatic download of kernel rpms Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:13:54 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Automatic download of kernel rpms Thread-Index: AcXkbqdGOnDFlmE1S/+RmGa4+u7Fmg== From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" To: "Alan Cox" Cc: "Gene Heskett" , "Linux kernel" Reply-To: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1590 Lines: 32 On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2005-11-08 at 08:33 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Generally, no. The exact reason is that rpms are a vendor item, and no >> fixed relation to the kernel.org tarballs. > > "make rpm" should build an RPM package from them but you will still need > to get the configuration correct before doing this. > Alan can verify that Red Hat Fedora puts the ".config" file in /boot as /boot/config-`uname -r`. This can be copied to the new kernel tree as ".config" and `make oldconfig` should get you a kernel configured very close to the one provided with the distribution. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.13.4 on an i686 machine (5589.55 BogoMips). Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. . **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/