Re: Intel's Clear Linux optimizations

[Manas Mangaonkar]

For the record,I am going with the kernel Lts given that it has patches for
meltdown & spectre.

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 1:21 PM, Manas Mangaonkar <manasmangaonkar(a)gmail.com
>  wrote: 
>
> On Thu, 17 May 2018, 1:08 p.m. Peter Robinson, <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  wrote: 
>
>> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 8:25 AM, Manas Mangaonkar
>> <manasmangaonkar(a)gmail.com
>  wrote:
>> >> Put the patch name in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/kernel.spec just before END
OF
>> >> PATCHES.
>> >>
>> >> Run rpmbuild -bb kernel.spec
>> >>
>> >> You will have the kernel rpm files in ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64
>> >>
>> >> The gotchas are left as an exercise for the reader (if you are a
>> >> newbie, there will be lots of them).  :-)  And it's rough, there is
a
>> >> lot of optimization that I left out.
>> >>
>> >> So it's a lot of work, but a great learning experience if you are
up
>> >> for it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > okay,i'll give it a shot sounds fun will get to learn something. Cant
>> > guarantee a completion data though.15-20 days should be enough i guess.
>>
>> Maintaining a kernel isn't a one off event it's an ongoing process.
>> The vast majority of the work is getting the initial build working but
>> from there it's an ongoing process to keep it up to date to ensure
>> your users aren't vulnerable to CVEs etc.
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>
>  Ah,yes.Proposed the the above mentioned timeline for the initial build.I
> am ready to dedicate time to maintain it.
>