On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 20:19, Mariano Draghi wrote: > Søren Neigaard wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 20:03, Mariano Draghi wrote: > >>You don't need the kernel sources for building most kernel modules. > >>Please, read the release notes. > >>Also, please search the list archives for further comments/details on > >>the issue. This pops up every single day here! > > > > Well... I do need the source > > No, you don't. > > > the NVidia script asks for the source. So > > yes I need it, and yes others have asked about NVidia before, but Im not > > asking about NVidia, Im asking about the kernel source... > > Yes, I know what you are asking for. And you don't need the sources. You > need the headers. > > > > > I have before installed the NVidia driver, which is pretty easy if you > > have the kernel source, but I have some problems getting the latest > > source. Can (will) you help here, or am I on my own? > > As I said, please, read the *FC3* Release Notes, and search the archives! > As a proof of concept ;) , I'm pasting the reply to the very same issue > that someone else gave out earlier today: > > > Ricardo Veguilla wrote: > >> > >> The answer to your question: > >> > >>>From file:///usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html > >> > >> > >>>kernel > >>> > >>>In order to eliminate the redundancy inherent in providing a separate > >>>package for the kernel source code when that source code already > >>>exists in the kernel's .src.rpm file, Fedora Core 3 no longer includes > >>>the kernel-source package. Users that require access to the kernel > >>>sources can find them in the kernel .src.rpm file. To create an > >>>exploded source tree from this file, perform the following steps (note > >>>that <version> refers to the version specification for your currently- > >>>running kernel): > >>> > >>> > >>> 1. Obtain the kernel-<version>.src.rpm file from one of the > >>> following sources: > >>> > >>> > >>> * The SRPMS directory on the appropriate "SRPMS" CD iso > >>> image > >>> > >>> * The FTP site where you got the kernel package > >>> > >>> * By running the following command: > >>> > >>> up2date --get-source kernel > >>> > >>> 2. Install kernel-<version>.src.rpm (given the default RPM > >>> configuration, the files this package contains will be written > >>> to /usr/src/redhat/) > >>> > >>> 3. Change directory to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/, and issue the > >>> following command: > >>> > >>> rpmbuild -bp --target=<arch> kernel.spec > >>> > >>> (Where <arch> is the desired target architecture.) > >>> > >>> On a default RPM configuration, the kernel tree will be > >>> located in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/. > >>> > >>> 4. In resulting tree, the configurations for the specific kernels > >>> shipped in Fedora Core 3 are in the /configs/ directory. For > >>> example, the i686 SMP configuration file is > >>> named /configs/kernel-<version>-i686-smp.config. Issue the > >>> following command to place the desired configuration file in > >>> the proper place for building: > >>> > >>> cp <desired-file> ./.config > >>> > >>> 5. Issue the following command: > >>> > >>> make oldconfig > >>> > >>> > >>>You can then proceed as usual. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Note > >>>An exploded source tree is not required to build kernel modules > >>>against the currently in-use kernel. > >>> > >>>For example, to build the foo.ko module, create the following file > >>>(named Makefile) in the directory containing the foo.c file: > >>> > >>> > >>>obj-m := foo.o > >>> > >>>KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build > >>>PWD := $(shell pwd) > >>> > >>>default: > >>> $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules > >>> > >>> > >>>Issue the make command to build the foo.ko module. Ok thanks man!!! Does this count for Fedora Core 2 also, or only Core 3? Best regards Søren
