could compile kernel from kernel.org for fedora?

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Wed Jul 12 02:20:24 UTC 2006


On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:30:38AM +0800, Zhen Zhou wrote:
> Hi, all,
> Now I use fedora 3, kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC3smp, so now I want to
> upgrade kernel, because I need to add PPTP function to my pc.
> So could I download source from kernel.org and compile for fedora?
> if not, how could I do? or maybe I need to download from fedora?
> Any tips will be welcome.

You may have trouble with newer kernels on FC3 without upgrading other
packages. I'd suggest moving the FC5, which will give you kernel 2.6.17.3.

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