Thanks Mr paul. On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 07:45 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 09:50 +0900, Gowri Satish Adimulam wrote: > > Hi , > > I would like use kernel source for both adding drivers are well as > > configuring kernel.( porting for small embedded system) > > > > > > Here i see one more problem , i have followed your below mentioned > > steps. > > > > kernel sources got updated, but when i try a command like rpm -qa | grep > > kernel-source " nothing has been returned . > > > > i have a doubt whether kernel sources were really downloaded or not . > > > > Below i have pasted the messages from yum > > > > message----------------------------------------------- > > yum install yum-utils > > Setting up Install Process > > Setting up repositories > > updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B > > 00:00 > > extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB > > 00:00 > > base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB > > 00:00 > > Reading repository metadata in from local files > > primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 436 kB > > 00:03 > > updates-re: ################################################## 1172/1172 > > Added 10 new packages, deleted 0 old in 1.70 seconds > > primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.1 MB > > 00:04 > > extras : ################################################## 3149/3149 > > Added 82 new packages, deleted 54 old in 4.01 seconds > > Parsing package install arguments > > Resolving Dependencies > > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > > ---> Downloading header for yum-utils to pack into transaction set. > > yum-utils-0.3.1-1.fc4.noa 100% |=========================| 2.9 kB > > 00:00 > > ---> Package yum-utils.noarch 0:0.3.1-1.fc4 set to be updated > > --> Running transaction check > > > > Dependencies Resolved > > > > ============================================================================= > > Package Arch Version Repository > > Size > > ============================================================================= > > Installing: > > yum-utils noarch 0.3.1-1.fc4 extras > > 19 k > > > > Transaction Summary > > ============================================================================= > > Install 1 Package(s) > > Update 0 Package(s) > > Remove 0 Package(s) > > Total download size: 19 k > > Is this ok [y/N]: y > > Downloading Packages: > > (1/1): yum-utils-0.3.1-1. 100% |=========================| 19 kB > > 00:00 > > Running Transaction Test > > Finished Transaction Test > > Transaction Test Succeeded > > Running Transaction > > Installing: yum-utils ######################### > > [1/1] > > > > Installed: yum-utils.noarch 0:0.3.1-1.fc4 > > Complete! > > > > > > yumdownloader --source kernel > > kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4. 100% |=========================| 41 MB > > 05:07 > > This last step should have resulted in a file > kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.src.rpm in the directory you ran it from. That > package contains the full kernel sources. > > It's a source RPM package, so installing it just unpacks it into your > RPM build environment and will not affect the RPM database at all, hence > it won't show in "rpm -qa". > > A guide to tweaking the kernel package can be found at: > http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~hobbsk/kernel-compilation-tutorial-en/steps.html > > Paul. >
