On 09/08/2010 01:41 AM, Tom Tucker wrote: > Hi Vlad, > > I'm trying to test an update to the kernel in the context of OFED > 1.5.1++. I've got > everything 'packaged' and working to the point where I need to create an > updated ofa_kernel-1.5.1-OFED.1.5.1..src.rpm > > I can use makedist to create backport .tgz files for plain > (ofa_kernel.tgz, ofa_kernel-$backport.tgz), etc... but can't figure out > how to build the actual src RPM. I presume this is an RPM built from > ofa_kernel.tgz + a twizzled ofed_scripts/ofa_kernel.spec file with > @VERSION@ etc... .replaced with 1.5.1, etc... > > Can you tell me how to do this? > > Thanks, > Tom > >
Hi Tom, You can use OFED-1.5.1/docs/ofed_patch.sh script to add a patch to existing ofa_kernel source RPM. Alternatively, you may replace @VERSION@ by 1.5.1 and @RELEASE@ by OFED.1.5.1 (or anything else), tar the directory and run "rpmbuild -ts <tar file>" to create the source RPM. Regards, Vladimir _______________________________________________ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ewg