Hello,

i would like to know how to build kernel then installing its as rpm instead of just compiling?

its like building and the resulting kernel should be in rpm so that i can easily uninstall it later.

is there any guides for suse linux?

thnx.

Instead of a plain 'make', run 'make rpm' and you get a kernel rpm package.

this is my short howto. It may help
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/in...howtopic=13704

ok, thats a good howto but do i need to edit the Make file?

thnx

no you don't need to edit make file
you need to edit .config afer you finish configuration. I explained in the howto why.

in the case of kernel, rpm is only a form of packaging sources or compiled kernel + script that will install kernel and create initrd. If you install your kernel as rpm, it will replace your current kernel. That would be dangerous because unless you terst custom kernel you have no idea if it will work or not.
If you need sources kernel as rpm, you may consider SuSE HEAD

Easy uninstall kernel build from sources:
su to root and assuming that your kernel name is linux-2.6.x-custom_name
#rm /boot/*-custom_name
#/ rm -rf /lib/modules/*-custom_name
#rm -rf /usr/src/*-custom_name

edit GRUB either using YAST or manualy:
vi /boot/grub/menu.lst

well it will only replace the original kernel if i upgrade. i should do "rpm -ivh .rpm"

so all i need to do after configuring is to issue "make rpm"?

in ubuntu after configuring the kernel all we need to issues is "make kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-.... kernel_image kernel_headers".

is this the same as "make rpm" in suse?

thnx

This is in fact bad idea. Check any SuSE forums and you will find a lot of complains about boot problems after kernel upgrade.
Noboidy will give you 100% certainty, that your kernel will boot succesfully.
SuSE realises that many users don't know how to up[grade kernel, so the easiest way would be replacement. However in fact the script should work different way: add new kernel and remove old after succesful boot of new one.

yes you are right, anyway i just managed to make an rpm by "make rpm" but at first it failed to boot then i relieased that there was no initrd so when back to create one after that the new kernel boots correctly.

thnx.

P.S : i want to know what patches does SUSE use in its kernel?

you can download rpm sources and unpack them. That is all you need.