Francois wrote:
Hi,
I used to compile my own kernel, using the source available on kernel.org.
With that new computer, where I installed Fedora7, I installed and run the
kernel provided with Fedora, not a one of my own.
Now I need to compile a driver for my webcam (uvcvideo), and it fails
because of the source of the kernel not installed.
What do I have to download to get the source ?
I saw files like kernel-devel, kernel-doc, kernel-headers, kernel-PAE,
kernel-xen, etc... I'm a little bit confused.
Another question : it seems that source should be installed
under /usr/src/kernels/2.xxxxx, why "kernels/" ? Why not "linux", or
linux-2.6.21xxxx
You need the kernel-headers package matching your target kernel to
build modules. Install it via yum, I think it will pull down
kernel-devel too. Then do the normal ./configure, make on your
module.
Other kernel-somethings are kernels with particular features
(for example, compiled to run under Xen).
--
imalone
