[ale] Building kernels w/ Redhat

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Sunday 12 October 2003 05:42 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
> I've not built a kernel for a redhat box in a while, but I've always
> downloaded from kernel.org and used 'make xconfig'

I used to do this in the olden days, but nowadays each distro has its own 
unique set of patches that some of the tools depend on, so I use the exact 
source that is shipped in the kernel-source RPM.

--Michael

> matty91 at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > Does anyone have a set of instructions to build customized kernels on
> > Redhat linux systems? Do folks use rpm to build a kernel from a SPEC
> > file, or the old make menuconfig ... mechnism?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > - Ryan