On Dec 23, 2007 7:10 AM, William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks Tod; > > All great resources which I have bookmarked and will use. > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 00:11 -0800, Tod Merley wrote: > > > -- > This may be self-induced confusion, but I thought I remembered a Fedora > source repository from two or three years ago. > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/source/SRPMS/ > > When I go to the FedoraWiki I cannot find a repository or site for F8 > source rpms. > > The howtoforge.com site only makes reference to the FC5 and FC6 kernel > srpms. I have googled and found no Fedora 8 source repository. > > Should I get my source (tree?) from the kernel developers (kernel.org) > or does Fedora have a source source? If so where is it? I would like to > start with a source copy of what my system is already using. > > Or, am I searching using the wrong search criteria? > Or, do I have everything all mixed up? > > > Regards Bill > Hi Bill! You are doing just fine. I believe the Kernel has a rather steep learning curve. Me, so far I have taken the gui way out and used Applications > Add/Remove Software. When Package Manager comes up I hit the "Search" tab and enter "kernel" in the search window. After seeing that the "All Packages" button is hit I click "Search". I have found that I need to take the time to compare the version numbers and type of kernel as I select the development package for the kernel I have. It also shows me special "debug", Physical Address Extension (PAE), and Xen (an efficient Virtualization hypervisor) Kernels built for my FC7 version. I also see ketchup (a Kernel source switch/update tool) and can find git, kvm, and qemu if I place them in the search window. I did this mostly to help you. I do plan to get into the Kernel - about a year from now Lord willing. Right now I am decifering the /etc/init.d files. I want to clearly understand the enviornment. >From Wikipedia: # January 25, 1999 - Linux 2.2.0 was released (1,800,847 lines of code). # December 18, 1999 - IBM mainframe patches for 2.2.13 were published, allowing Linux to be used on enterprise-class machines. # January 4, 2001 - Linux 2.4.0 was released (3,377,902 lines of code). # December 17, 2003 - Linux 2.6.0 was released (5,929,913 lines of code). I would guess we are well over six million lines of code just for the Kernel now!? May God give us strength! Tod
