[WBEL-users] Any additional steps needed to compile an EL kernel?

[Will McDonald]

I don't think there are separate kernel-source RPMs anymore, you'll
just need to grab the kernel SRPM and install that, that will contain
the kernel-${version}.tar.gz which you can then extract and link to
/usr/src/linux or, possibly more properly, you can use the SRPM to
create a custom RPM which is fairly easy too.

Install kernel-2.6.9-5.0.5.EL.src.rpm which will place a kernel SPEC
build file in /usr/src/whitebox/SPECS (this is for WBEL4, I think 3
would still be /usr/src/redhat/SPECS) and the kernel source tarball
and related RHEL patches in SOURCES.

You can part build the kernel binary RPM, change the EXTRAVERSION
somehow to prefix the kernel and its related files with a custom name
then finish off. Ah, I knew I'd seen it on the list before...

http://beau.org/pipermail/whitebox-users/2005-June/006578.html

Will.

On 6/20/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wanting to try and recompile the current WBEL kernel to try and
> get my ipw2200 wireless card working in a laptop and want to recompile
> the existing kernel config. I'm just wondering if there are any extra
> steps required over and above compiling a 'regular' non-enterprise
> kernel.
> 
> Which packages do I need to install to get all of the source I need
> (just the kernel-source, or is there another package with headers etc
> separately installed?). Is there are good enterprise-specific
> compilation guide out there?
> 
> Continued thanks for the distro and your help,
> Nick
> 
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