Compileing vanila kernel on FC4

[Markku Kolkka]

Damir Dezeljin kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 16. 
kesäkuuta 2005 08:47):
> - Is the kernel that comes with the distribution compiled with
> GCC-4.0?

Yes.

> BTW: Is there a way to get the compiler version from 
> the binary - maybe something like 'uname -a', 'file', 'type'?

See the first log messages after boot, either in dmesg output or 
in /var/log/messages, e.g:

Jun 16 12:25:09 nightshade kernel: Linux version 
2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 (bhcompile at decompose.build.redhat.com) (gcc 
version 4.0.0 20050525 (Red Hat 4.0.0-9)) #1 Thu
Jun 2 22:55:56 EDT 2005

> - How can I install the source of the kernel that comes with
> the distro?

Read the Release Notes (in /usr/share/doc/fedora-release*)

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 Markku Kolkka
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