Fedora kernel rpmbuild query

[Shraddha Kamat]

On Wed, 2012-12-26 at 14:50 +0530, devendra.aaru wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Shraddha Kamat <sh2008ka at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I do the following on Fedora kernel src rpm :
> > (1) rpm -ivh kernel-xxx.rpm
> > (2) Go to ~/rpmbuild/SPECS dir
> > (2) rpmbuild -bp kernel.specs --nodeps
> >
> > then in the ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/ dir I get kernel-xxx dir
> > where in there are two source dir -
> > (1) linux-xxx           <-------- A
> > (2) vanilla-xxx         <-------- B
> >
> > Why are these two dir created - How do I use the configuration file
> > /boot/config-xxx to build vmlinuz and initrd image ?
> >
> > Which dir A or B sould I use for building ?
> >
> >
> 
> i dunno why you are doing these things, all these look hard path.
> 
> this is what i do:
> 
> take new kernel from ftp.kernel.org or git.kernel.org.
> make defconfig
> make -j10
> make modules_install
> make install

I am not building upstream kernel - this is a kernel supplied by 
the distro with custom patches.
> 
> there are some gliches to it, say
> 
> you have to select the filesystems correctly like if you have ext2, in
> .config enable CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y or what ever the filesystem currently
> you have.
> and your ethernet driver (as of now compile the ethernet drivers as
> modules) (make menuconfig  then networking then ethernet )
> same with the wireless drivers too, (make menuconfig then networking
> then wireless )
> 
> the names i mentioned may change but please go through google once
> posting here :)
> 
Thank you very much for you reply.
> thanks,
> > -- Shraddha
> >
> >
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