On 07/12/2011 11:44 AM, Alexander Hunt wrote:
> On 07/12/2011 11:46 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
>> On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 01:23:38 PM you wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Lamar Owen<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> These HOWTOS are maintained by Alan Bartlett and Akemi Yagi, who
>>>> frequent this list too.
>>> Now that this was mentioned, we have to update them to accommodate
>>> EL6 ... :-)
>> Indeed. And from what I've seen you write already, that's a pretty
>> sizeable update.
> There is also this post (linked below) in the forum, that makes building
> a newer kernel as easy as cutting and pasting the instructions into the
> terminal:
>
> http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?showtopic=153
>
> I built (and am now running) 2.6.38.8-35.el6.x86_64 from F15 using this
> method, in about 75 minutes, on a Intel CoreDuo with 3 GB Ram. I have
> never attempted any kernel revisions or builds in the past.
> The method can also be used to rebuild any package from Fedora or EPEL
> into an el6 package. I also tried this as well as I needed to update the
> linux-firmware package. It's amazingly easy to follow, which reminds me
> I have to go there and give Thanks to the author.
> Regards to all
> A
>
>

I do have a small difference of opinion with the instructions in the 
mentioned thread.

The instructions have the switch --without debuginfo .  I prefer to 
build both the regular and debug rpms.  This way, if the regular one 
throws unexpected exceptions or other diagnostics, one may be able to 
isolate or identify the issue.  In some cases, it is buggy beta code 
from Fedora; in other cases, it can be due to structural 
incompatibilities with some portion of a "stock" RHEL distribution (such 
as SL 6).  One does not have to install the debug version and after a 
successful use (test) period has elapsed, one can rebuild without debug 
information.

Yasha Karant