Kernel Rebuilding

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006, Kurt Wall wrote:

> Eh, I'm trying to build a new kernel. The release notes
> (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc6/en_US/sn-Kernel.html)
> are spot on up to this point at the end of section 8.6:
>
> 	"Normally, kernels for Fedora are built using the rpmbuild
> utility and a specfile. Your results may vary if you use the
> kernel's built-in make rpm target."
>
> So, is "rpmbuild -bb --target=$(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec" the
> command I want?

why not just start with a stock kernel source tree and build from
there?  it's not that hard, and it's reasonably reliable.

rday