CentOS - Apr 2007 - Looking for a better way to build

I have been following the wiki on how to build a custom kernel, and it works
great.

Except, I am doing ongoing work with the internals of the kernel, and it is
really awkward to set up a change and then build it using the standard
methodology (edit the file to change, diff it against the original to make a
patch file, rebuild the whole thing).

Isn't there a way (and what is it) to play around with the kernel source
files until they are in the shape I want them to be in, and THEN go through
the whole build process again.

Thanks.

Mark Hull-Richter, Linux Kernel Engineer
DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com)
85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA  92656
949-680-3082 - Office     949-330-7691 - fax
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Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
> I have been following the wiki on how to build a custom kernel, and it 
> works
> great.
> 
> Except, I am doing ongoing work with the internals of the kernel, and it is
> really awkward to set up a change and then build it using the standard
> methodology (edit the file to change, diff it against the original to 
> make a
> patch file, rebuild the whole thing).
> 
> Isn't there a way (and what is it) to play around with the kernel
source
> files until they are in the shape I want them to be in, and THEN go through
> the whole build process again.
> 
> Thanks.
Probably, you should be on lkml - the Linux kernel mailing list.

_I_ would just do my editing in the source tree (and I'd not normally 
use a vendor's source tree) and regularly do "make && make
install" etc
then copy to my test system if it's not my build system.

There is no need, or even point, to create rpms for each dumb mistake.

If at all possible, you should be testing first in uml, xen or other 
virtual environment.


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Cheers
John

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On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 03:26:00PM -0700, Mark Hull-Richter
wrote:
> I have been following the wiki on how to build a custom kernel, and it
works
> great.
> 
> Except, I am doing ongoing work with the internals of the kernel, and it is
> really awkward to set up a change and then build it using the standard
> methodology (edit the file to change, diff it against the original to make
a
> patch file, rebuild the whole thing).
> 
> Isn't there a way (and what is it) to play around with the kernel
source
> files until they are in the shape I want them to be in, and THEN go through
> the whole build process again.
make kernel, on the kernel sources creates rpm files.

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