could compile kernel from kernel.org for fedora?

[Zhen Zhou]

Wow, Thanks, you show me more light on this issue.

I will try it, if I could.

Zhou

On 7/13/06, John Wendel <john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil> wrote:
> Matthew Miller wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:37:21PM +0800, Zhen Zhou wrote:
> >> Thanks a lot. On the other words--if I want to compile new kernel, for
> >> instance, 2.6.17 or newer, the system should be upgrade to fedora
> >> release 5 in the end. That is not a good news for me.
> >> Is there any choices? because I only want to use upgrade the newer
> >> kernel, and taste new function, like pptp-nat, l7-filter and so on.
> >> Any tips? TIA
> >
> > You can't eat your cake and still have it -- if you want the newest and
> > latest stuff, you can't have the old version of a distro.
> >
> > Fedora Core 3 is also only supported by Fedora Legacy for security updates;
> > you'll be better off with FC5 or newer...
> >
> >
>
> I haven't been following this thread, so this may have already seen
> this advice ...
>
> I have an FC3 box running kernel 2.6.17.4 (latest from kernel.org). It
> works fine for me. Just download the kernel (and patches), untar and
> patch the kernel, edit a .config file, and run "make", "make
> modules_install", "make install". The only tricky part is getting the
> .config file right. You can probably copy the Fedora config file as a
> starting point. I like to remove all the modules that don't apply to
> my system (makes the compile faster and saves disk space).
>
> Of course, there are lots of things in a distro beyond the kernel. And
> at some point you'll want to upgrade for new features. But the latest
> kernel works fine with FC3.
>
> And Matthew Miller is right, "you'll be better off with FC5 or newer".
>
> Regards,
>
> John Wendel
>
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