scripts
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0001-ACPI-sony-laptop-do-proper-memcpy-for-ACPI_TYPE_INTE.patch
0001-ext4-ext4_inode_info-diet.patch
0002-ext4-give-i_aiodio_unwritten-a-more-appropriate-name.patch
0003-ext4-fix-unwritten-counter-leakage.patch
0004-ext4-completed_io-locking-cleanup.patch
0005-ext4-serialize-dio-nonlocked-reads-with-defrag-worke.patch
0006-ext4-serialize-unlocked-dio-reads-with-truncate.patch
0007-ext4-endless-truncate-due-to-nonlocked-dio-readers.patch
0008-ext4-serialize-truncate-with-owerwrite-DIO-workers.patch
0009-ext4-punch_hole-should-wait-for-DIO-writers.patch
0010-ext4-fix-ext_remove_space-for-punch_hole-case.patch
0011-ext4-fix-ext4_flush_completed_IO-wait-semantics.patch
0012-ext4-serialize-fallocate-with-ext4_convert_unwritten.patch
0013-ext4-race-condition-protection-for-ext4_convert_unwr.patch
8139cp-re-enable-interrupts-after-tx-timeout.patch
8139cp-revert-set-ring-address-before-enabling-receiver.patch
8139cp-set-ring-address-after-enabling-C-mode.patch
ACPI-do-not-use-Lid-and-Sleep-button-for-S5-wakeup.patch
Bluetooth-Add-support-for-BCM20702A0.patch
Makefile
Makefile.config
README.txt
SCSI-mvsas-Fix-oops-when-ata-commond-timeout.patch
TODO
USB-report-submission-of-active-URBs.patch
acpi-sony-nonvs-blacklist.patch
aoe-remove-extra-bdi_init.patch
benet-remove-bogus-unlikely-on-vlan-check.patch
block-fix-a-crash-when-block-device-is.patch
blockdev-turn-a-rw-semaphore-into-a-percpu-rw-sem.patch
brcm80211.patch
config-debug
config-generic
config-i686-PAE
config-local
config-nodebug
config-powerpc-generic
config-powerpc32-generic
config-powerpc32-smp
config-powerpc64
config-rhel-generic
config-s390x
config-sparc64-generic
config-x86-32-generic
config-x86-generic
config-x86_64-generic
cpupower.config
cpupower.service
debug-808990.patch
die-floppy-die.patch
disable-i8042-check-on-apple-mac.patch
dmar-disable-when-ricoh-multifunction.patch
don-t-do-blind-d_drop-in-nfs_prime_dcache.patch
drivers-media-update.patch
drm-edid-try-harder-to-fix-up-broken-headers.patch
drm-i915-Use-cpu-relocations-if-the-object-is-in-the.patch
drm-i915-dp-stfu.patch
drm-intel-next.patch
drm-nouveau-gf108.patch
drm-nouveau-updates.patch
efi-dont-map-boot-services-on-32bit.patch
exec-do-not-leave-bprm-interp-on-stack.patch
exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth.patch
ext4-set-bg_itable_unused-when-resizing.patch
fix-stack-memory-content-leak-via-UNAME26.patch
fs-lock-splice_read-and-splice_write-functions.patch
genkey
git-linus.diff
hibernate-freeze-filesystems.patch
ips-noirq.patch
iwlegacy-fix-IBSS-cleanup.patch
kernel.spec
linux-2.6-32bit-mmap-exec-randomization.patch
linux-2.6-acpi-debug-infinite-loop.patch
linux-2.6-acpi-video-dos.patch
linux-2.6-compile-fixes.patch
linux-2.6-crash-driver.patch
linux-2.6-defaults-acpi-video.patch
linux-2.6-e1000-ich9-montevina.patch
linux-2.6-i386-nx-emulation.patch
linux-2.6-input-kill-stupid-messages.patch
linux-2.6-intel-iommu-igfx.patch
linux-2.6-makefile-after_link.patch
linux-2.6-serial-460800.patch
linux-2.6-silence-acpi-blacklist.patch
linux-2.6-silence-fbcon-logo.patch
linux-2.6-silence-noise.patch
linux-2.6-upstream-reverts.patch
linux-2.6-v4l-dvb-uvcvideo-update.patch
linux-2.6.30-no-pcspkr-modalias.patch
lis3-improve-handling-of-null-rate.patch
mac80211-fix-ibss-scanning.patch
mac80211-fix-rx-key-NULL-ptr-deref-in-promiscuous-mode.patch
nx-emu-remove-cpuinitdata-for-disable_nx-on-x86_32.patch
pci-crs-blacklist.patch
quite-apm.patch
scsi-sd_revalidate_disk-prevent-NULL-ptr-deref.patch
shlib_base_randomize.patch
silence-empty-ipi-mask-warning.patch
smp_irq_move_cleanup_interrupt.patch
sources
taint-vbox.patch
thp-reduce-khugepaged-freezing-latency.patch
uprobes-task_work_add-generic-process-context-callbacks.patch
weird-root-dentry-name-debug.patch
x86-msr-Add-capabilities-check.patch
xen-fix-stack-corruption-in-xen_failsafe_callback.patch
find-provides
merge.pl
README.txt
		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.
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.