On 2015-11-03 12:39, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 02/11/15 01:27, Carlos E. R. wrote:
So, how about starting again and letting me know what you were trying to say :-) .
Ok, that in doing "make menuconfig" (you know, kernel building), there is a section that looks like this: () Cross-compiler tool prefix [ ] Compile also drivers which will not load (-29-desktop) Local version - append to kernel release [ ] Automatically append version information to the version string The third line is probably "the 8-char alpha-numeric extension that now comes with every kernel" you asked about. It is not part of the kernel sources, but of the kernel configuration, in the .config file: CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="" # CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-29-desktop" If you "make" the kernel without changing that string, your build will replace completely the kernel binary installed from the rpm. It is better to change the name (say, "-basil"), which will be then installed to another directory, and get a proper entry in grub or grub2, different from the original one, and without loosing the original one. Is that better? ;-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)