What's the difference between kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521.noarch.rpm and kernel-2.6.8-1.521.src.rpm? If I use the second can I still update it via yum? Bruce --- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:08:55AM -0700, Bruce Hyatt wrote: > > I'm trying to make sure I have all the modules I need for a > USB > > Camera and card reader so I tried 'make menuconfig' and > 'make > > xconfig.' I got the message "No target..." and realized I > don't > > have the source files! I remember seeing something about > them > > somewhere along the way but I can't remember where and I > can't > > find anything about them on Fedora site nor at LinuxISO.org. > > Are they on the CD's? > > Which distribution? For Fedora Core 2, you could install > kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521.noarch.rpm from the updates > area, which you > could get using yum. > > But what I really recommend (and this will be the default on > FC3) is to get > the kernel-2.6.8-1.521.src.rpm *source* RPM, and modify that > to have the > changes you need -- if you need changes to the main kernel. If > it's an > external module you want to build, you shouldn't need the full > source at all > -- the required headers are at "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build" > in the kernel > package itself. _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com
