***SPAM*** Re: [ofa-general] building just kernel-ib{-devel} and not being root

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> I am wondering if there is a generally supported (or otherwise) way of
> taking a pristine source tarball (i.e. OFED-1.4.tgz) and unpacking and
> building just the kernel-ib{-devel} packages with a set of option
> selections.
>
> The idea here is to drop something into an automated build system that
> builds these packages.  Previously I have just called rpmbuild on the
> ofa_kernel.spec file directly with a boatload of options.  I'm feeling
> like this is not quite future-proof and looking for a more supported
> method of achieving this.
>
> One of the caveats is that the normal build and install process of the
> install.pl won't work for me.  I cannot be root on the build system (and
> therefore cannot install packages).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanx,
> b.
>
>
>   

Hi Brian,
You can download ofa_1_4_kernel.tgz (daily builds) from:

http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/ofa_1_4_kernel/

To compile, run:
./configure [OPTIONS]
make


Vladimir
Regards