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scripts Move the 'prep all configs' to a separate script. 2012-03-19 17:30:04 -04:00
.gitignore Ignore all .xz and .bz2 files 2011-11-23 08:58:58 -05:00
acpi-sony-nonvs-blacklist.patch Add another Sony laptop to the nonvs blacklist. (rhbz 641789) 2011-11-01 12:57:12 -04:00
arm-omap-dt-compat.patch update arm configs for 3.1 2011-08-16 12:56:09 -05:00
arm-smsc-support-reading-mac-address-from-device-tree.patch setup config for tegra based arm boards, add device tree 2011-08-16 11:33:15 -05:00
arm-tegra-nvec-kconfig.patch More ARM config updates, fix NVEC patch 2012-02-19 12:34:38 +00:00
config-arm-generic fix KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS 2012-04-12 00:02:03 +01:00
config-arm-highbank Create a working config file for highbank and add highbank to the 2012-03-12 14:54:54 -05:00
config-arm-imx More ARM config updates, fix NVEC patch 2012-02-19 12:34:38 +00:00
config-arm-kirkwood update ARM configs for 3.3 2012-02-16 01:03:09 +00:00
config-arm-omap rename config-arm-omap-generic to config-arm-omap 2012-04-12 00:08:59 +01:00
config-arm-tegra update ARM configs to F-17 branch 2012-02-21 23:05:36 +00:00
config-debug move DEBUG_VM to generic 2012-03-16 15:52:12 -04:00
config-generic Reenable debugging options 2012-04-16 16:34:02 -05:00
config-i686-PAE Re-enable I2O, but only for 32-bit x86 (#629676) 2010-09-03 05:24:38 -04:00
config-local Add support for local rebuild config option overrides 2011-01-10 17:37:27 -05:00
config-nodebug Reenable debugging options 2012-04-16 16:34:02 -05:00
config-powerpc32-generic Cleanup PowerPC configs 2011-10-27 15:15:12 -04:00
config-powerpc32-smp initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
config-powerpc64 Turn maple support back on in ppc64 2012-02-07 09:51:05 -05:00
config-powerpc-generic Disable the PMAC ide driver. PATA_MACIO seems to work (rhbz 810579) 2012-04-10 10:59:05 -04:00
config-s390x Linux 3.1-git1 (138c4ae9cfda upstream) 2011-10-26 21:03:18 -04:00
config-sparc64-generic Rebase to Linux 3.3-rc1 2012-01-20 13:32:57 -05:00
config-x86_64-generic Rebase to Linux 3.3-rc1 2012-01-20 13:32:57 -05:00
config-x86-32-generic Rebase to Linux 3.3-rc1 2012-01-20 13:32:57 -05:00
config-x86-generic Enable Apple gmux driver 2012-04-16 20:49:00 -04:00
cpupower.config Create the kernel-tools package. WHEE 2011-08-17 21:19:57 -04:00
cpupower.service Create the kernel-tools package. WHEE 2011-08-17 21:19:57 -04:00
die-floppy-die.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
disable-i8042-check-on-apple-mac.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
dmar-disable-when-ricoh-multifunction.patch 3.0-git3 snapshot 2011-07-25 09:46:01 -04:00
drm-edid-try-harder-to-fix-up-broken-headers.patch drm: try harder to fix bad edids 2011-12-16 11:19:59 -05:00
drm-i915-dp-stfu.patch drm-i915-dp-stfu.patch: Muzzle a bunch of DP WARN()s. They're not wrong, 2012-03-16 16:46:13 -04:00
drm-intel-next.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
drm-vgem.patch Add patch and config change for vgem.ko 2012-02-15 18:55:24 -05:00
efi-dont-map-boot-services-on-32bit.patch Add a few patches that were in f16 but not in rawhide 2011-08-16 10:31:40 -04:00
fix_xen_guest_on_old_EC2.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
genkey Add kernel module signing on x86 2012-03-07 15:07:26 -05:00
hfsplus-Fix-bless-ioctl-when-used-with-hardlinks.patch Fix hfsplus bless ioctl with hardlinks (from Matthew Garrett) 2012-04-18 14:11:56 -04:00
hibernate-freeze-filesystems.patch Freeze all filesystems during system suspend/hibernate. 2012-02-17 13:42:40 -05:00
hibernate-watermark.patch Update hibernate watermark patch to latest tested version 2012-04-10 20:10:54 -04:00
highbank-export-clock-functions.patch Create a working config file for highbank and add highbank to the 2012-03-12 14:54:54 -05:00
kernel.spec Fix hfsplus bless ioctl with hardlinks (from Matthew Garrett) 2012-04-18 14:11:56 -04:00
libata-forbid-port-runtime-pm-by-default.patch Change patch to resolve libata hotplug (rhbz 807632) 2012-04-18 13:57:09 -04:00
linux-2.6-32bit-mmap-exec-randomization.patch Merge some improvements to the 32bit mmap randomisation from Kees Cook. 2011-09-19 16:44:51 -04:00
linux-2.6-acpi-debug-infinite-loop.patch linux 3.4-rc1 2012-04-02 15:44:23 -05:00
linux-2.6-acpi-video-dos.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
linux-2.6-compile-fixes.patch linux 3.4-rc1 2012-04-02 15:44:23 -05:00
linux-2.6-crash-driver.patch 3.0-git19 snapshot 2011-08-04 11:12:43 -04:00
linux-2.6-defaults-acpi-video.patch Rebase to Linux 3.3-rc1 2012-01-20 13:32:57 -05:00
linux-2.6-e1000-ich9-montevina.patch Linux 3.1-git1 (138c4ae9cfda upstream) 2011-10-26 21:03:18 -04:00
linux-2.6-i386-nx-emulation.patch linux 3.4-rc1 2012-04-02 15:44:23 -05:00
linux-2.6-input-kill-stupid-messages.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
linux-2.6-intel-iommu-igfx.patch Linux 3.2-rc6 2011-12-17 09:02:41 -05:00
linux-2.6-makefile-after_link.patch Add s390 vdso AFTER_LINK to Roland's linux-2.6-makefile-after_link.patch 2010-09-23 12:15:30 -04:00
linux-2.6-serial-460800.patch Linux 3.3-rc2 2012-01-31 20:08:35 -05:00
linux-2.6-silence-acpi-blacklist.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
linux-2.6-silence-fbcon-logo.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
linux-2.6-silence-noise.patch 3.0-git3 snapshot 2011-07-25 09:46:01 -04:00
linux-2.6-upstream-reverts.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
linux-2.6-v4l-dvb-experimental.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
linux-2.6-v4l-dvb-fixes.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
linux-2.6-v4l-dvb-update.patch initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
linux-2.6.30-no-pcspkr-modalias.patch Linux-3.1-rc1 2011-08-08 10:17:46 -04:00
lis3-improve-handling-of-null-rate.patch improve handling of null rate in LIS3LV02Dx accelerometer driver. (rhbz 785814) 2012-02-17 16:03:23 -05:00
mac80211-fix-possible-tid_rx-reorder_timer-use-after-free.patch mac80211: fix possible tid_rx->reorder_timer use after free 2012-03-20 08:47:13 -04:00
Makefile Change config parsing to use {_target_cpu} (From Niels de Vos) 2012-03-30 15:22:42 -04:00
Makefile.config rename config-arm-omap-generic to config-arm-omap 2012-04-12 00:08:59 +01:00
Makefile.release Disable debugging options. 2012-03-07 01:10:40 -05:00
merge.pl initial srpm import 2010-07-29 16:46:31 -07:00
mod-extra.list Move the dlm module to modules-extra (rhbz 811547) 2012-04-17 16:27:30 -04:00
modsign-20111207.patch Fix occasional EBADMSG from signed modules. (rhbz 804345) 2012-03-22 17:28:30 -04:00
nx-emu-remove-cpuinitdata-for-disable_nx-on-x86_32.patch Drop __cpuinitdata on disable_nx for x86_32 (rhbz 808075) 2012-03-29 11:04:44 -04:00
PatchList.txt Rebase to Linux 3.3-rc1 2012-01-20 13:32:57 -05:00
pci-fix-ats-compile.patch iadd support for building highbank, imx and kirkwood kernel images on arm 2011-12-23 10:28:47 -06:00
power-x86-destdir.patch Linux 3.3-rc2-git4 (upstream 23783f817bceedd6d4e549385e3f400ea64059e5) 2012-02-06 12:44:53 -05:00
quite-apm.patch Only print the apm_cpu_idle message once (rhbz #760341) 2011-12-05 16:52:21 -05:00
README.txt document inheritance/heirarchy of config generation 2012-01-13 15:42:52 -05:00
rebase-notes.txt rebase-notes: no X32 2012-03-19 20:54:31 -04:00
scsi-sd_revalidate_disk-prevent-NULL-ptr-deref.patch Modify sd_revalidate_disk patch to do a WARN_ONCE instead of silently skip 2012-02-14 11:06:37 -05:00
selinux-apply-different-permission-to-ptrace-child.patch - SELinux apply a different permission to ptrace a child vs non-child 2012-04-09 16:40:04 -05:00
shlib_base_randomize.patch CVE-2012-1568: execshield: predictable ascii armour base address (rhbz 804957) 2012-03-20 10:35:32 -04:00
sources Linux v3.4-rc3-17-g4643b05 2012-04-17 12:11:51 -05:00
taint-vbox.patch Taint if virtualbox modules have been loaded. 2011-10-06 18:39:09 -04:00
TODO Remove CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX duplicate entries 2012-01-17 10:32:48 -05:00
unhandled-irqs-switch-to-polling.patch Fixup irqpoll patch to really not impact machines without ASM108x bridges (rhbz 800520) 2012-03-16 11:07:58 -04:00
vgaarb-vga_default_device.patch Add and use vga_default_device patches (requested by Matthew Garrett) 2012-04-16 21:29:39 -04:00
weird-root-dentry-name-debug.patch Add debug patch for bugs 787171/766277 2012-03-07 17:12:06 -05:00
x86-Avoid-invoking-RCU-when-CPU-is-idle.patch Fix rhbzs 789641 and 789644 2012-02-14 10:10:35 -05:00
x86-microcode-Ensure-that-module-is-only-loaded-for-supported-AMD-CPUs.patch Fix oops on invalid AMD microcode load (rhbz 797559) 2012-04-17 11:05:33 -04:00
x86-microcode-Fix-sysfs-warning-during-module-unload-on-unsupported-CPUs.patch Fix oops on invalid AMD microcode load (rhbz 797559) 2012-04-17 11:05:33 -04:00

		Kernel package tips & tricks.
		~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The kernel is one of the more complicated packages in the distro, and
for the newcomer, some of the voodoo in the spec file can be somewhat scary.
This file attempts to document some of the magic.


Speeding up make prep
---------------------
The kernel is nearly 500MB of source code, and as such, 'make prep'
takes a while. The spec file employs some trickery so that repeated
invocations of make prep don't take as long.  Ordinarily the %prep
phase of a package will delete the tree it is about to untar/patch.
The kernel %prep keeps around an unpatched version of the tree,
and makes a symlink tree clone of that clean tree and than applies
the patches listed in the spec to the symlink tree.
This makes a huge difference if you're doing multiple make preps a day.
As an added bonus, doing a diff between the clean tree and the symlink
tree is slightly faster than it would be doing two proper copies of the tree.


build logs.
-----------
There's a convenience helper script in scripts/grab-logs.sh
that will grab the build logs from koji for the kernel version reported
by make verrel


config heirarchy.
-----------------
Instead of having to maintain a config file for every arch variant we build on,
the kernel spec uses a nested system of configs.  At the top level, is
config-generic. Add options here that should be present in every possible
config on all architectures.

Beneath this are per-arch overrides. For example config-x86-generic add
additional x86 specific options, and also _override_ any options that were
set in config-generic.

The heirarchy looks like this..

                           config-generic
                                 |
                         config-x86-generic
                         |                |
             config-x86-32-generic   config-x86-64-generic

An option set in a lower level will override the same option set in one
of the higher levels.


There exist two additional overrides, config-debug, and config-nodebug,
which override -generic, and the per-arch overrides. It is documented
further below.


debug options.
--------------
This is a little complicated, as the purpose & meaning of this changes
depending on where we are in the release cycle.
If we are building for a current stable release, 'make release' has
typically been run already, which sets up the following..
- Two builds occur, a 'kernel' and a 'kernel-debug' flavor.
- kernel-debug will get various heavyweight debugging options like
  lockdep etc turned on.

If we are building for rawhide, 'make debug' has been run, which changes
the status quo to:
- We only build one kernel 'kernel'
- The debug options from 'config-debug' are always turned on.
This is done to increase coverage testing, as not many people actually
run kernel-debug.

To add new debug options, add an option to _both_ config-debug and config-nodebug,
and also new stanzas to the Makefile 'debug' and 'release' targets.

Sometimes debug options get added to config-generic, or per-arch overrides
instead of config-[no]debug. In this instance, the options should have no
discernable performance impact, otherwise they belong in the debug files.