[PlanetCCRMA] planetccrma FC5 recompiling kernel problem

Martin Dupras martindupras@gmail.com
Sun Aug 20 09:47:00 2006


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ok. I thought kernel-smp-devel *was* the sources package. What is it then?

Many thanks for the help. Am downloading the src.rpm package now. I'll see
how I get on.

- martin

On 20/08/06, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@tiscali.fr> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 20 August 2006 18:07, Martin Dupras wrote:
> > Am I missing something obivous? I want to re-compile my kernel.
> >
> > I have
> > kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma
> > and
> > kernel-smp-devel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma
> >
> > installed.
> >
> > As I understand it, that should give me the kernel and the sources for
> the
> > kernel, which reside in /usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-
> > 1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma-smp-i686.
> >
> > I change to that directory. Backup '.config'.  Invoke 'make xconfig',
> > choose my options, save the new .config file.
> >
> > Invoke 'make mrproper', which aborts with errors to do with infiniband.
> I
> > don't understand why this is happening. I disabled infiniband in the
> > configuration step, should that not be enough?
> >
> > - martin
>
> Martin. I think if you want to re-compile the kernel you will need the
> sources. http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/all/linux/srpms/
>
> This is for the website. Not for DL via Yum, which isn't available.
> "srpms"
> may be in capitals, I havn't made it very clear in my book.
>
> Nigel.
>
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ok. I thought kernel-smp-devel *was* the sources package. What is it then?<br><br>Many thanks for the help. Am downloading the src.rpm package now. I'll see how I get on.<br><br>- martin<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 20/08/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nigel Henry</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:cave.dnb@tiscali.fr">cave.dnb@tiscali.fr</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sunday 20 August 2006 18:07, Martin Dupras wrote:<br>&gt; Am I missing something obivous? I want to re-compile my kernel.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; I have<br>&gt; kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma<br>&gt; and<br>&gt; kernel-smp-devel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma
<br>&gt;<br>&gt; installed.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; As I understand it, that should give me the kernel and the sources for the<br>&gt; kernel, which reside in /usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-<br>&gt; 1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma-smp-i686.<br>
&gt;<br>&gt; I change to that directory. Backup '.config'.&nbsp;&nbsp;Invoke 'make xconfig',<br>&gt; choose my options, save the new .config file.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Invoke 'make mrproper', which aborts with errors to do with infiniband. I
<br>&gt; don't understand why this is happening. I disabled infiniband in the<br>&gt; configuration step, should that not be enough?<br>&gt;<br>&gt; - martin<br><br>Martin. I think if you want to re-compile the kernel you will need the
<br>sources. <a href="http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/all/linux/srpms/">http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/all/linux/srpms/</a><br><br>This is for the website. Not for DL via Yum, which isn't available. &quot;srpms&quot;
<br>may be in capitals, I havn't made it very clear in my book.<br><br>Nigel.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>PlanetCCRMA mailing list<br><a href="mailto:PlanetCCRMA@ccrma.stanford.edu">PlanetCCRMA@ccrma.stanford.edu
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