[BProc] Re: building modified cm4 kernel

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On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 02:38:24PM -0500, Daniel Gruner wrote:
> Hi Erik,
> 
> Well, as I am still struggling with the alpha (UX) machines and the
> scheduling problem that starves the nodes, I would like to try to rebuild
> the Clustermatic 4 kernel, and test it on my machine.  The need to rebuild
> is due to the fact that my machines use milo, and there is no srm console 
> for them.  I know I need to change one parameter in the config file(s) for
> the kernel(s):  CONFIG_ALPHA_LEGACY_START_ADDRESS=y.
> 
> Can you tell me what the easiest way to do this is?  Do I simply modify the
> kernel-2.4.22-alpha.config file that got unpacked from the src.rpm and
> then use rpmbuild on the kernel-2.4.spec file?  Do I need to have other
> packages installed on the machine prior to rebuilding the kernel (e.g.
> bproc-4.0.0pre3-1)?

That should do it...  I'm pretty sure you don't need to have anything
funny installed.

- Erik