Re: Where is the kernel source package for FC5 GA?

[Neil Cherry <ncherry comcast net>]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 19:25 -0500, Neil Cherry wrote:
> > Lamont R. Peterson wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 28 March 2006 04:27pm, Neil Cherry wrote:
> > > > Allyn, Mark A wrote:
> > > > > Hello:
> > > > >
> > > > > I am trying to build kernel modules on a standard install
> > > > > of Fedora Core 5 GA. I did select the development block
> > > > > of packages.
> > > > >
> > > > > However there do not seem to be any kernel sources available
> > > > > to build kernel modules.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried yum and did a yum look for kernel-source and it came
> > > > > up with nothing.
> > > > >
> > > > > Where do I get enough of the kernel source to do compiles
> > > > > of kernel driver modules?
> > > > I think it's called kernel-devel.xxxx Try:
> > > >
> > > > yum search kernel-devel
> > > Yup.  It is kernel-devel.
> > >
> > > If you want to build modules (i.e. external modules) for Red Hat distros, 
> > > install kernel-devel.  If you want to build patched, custom kernels, get the 
> > > SRPM.
> > Ah, so that's the difference. That was driving me totally nuts. I
> > couldn't figure out why I couldn't compile the kernel with the
> > devel package but I'm very successful (when I don't remove too
> > much) with the kernel sources.
>
> We have all this information in the release notes which we spend many
> many hours writing. So you might as well as read it.
> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc5/#sn-Kernel

Thanks Rahul, I only found out about the release notes yesterday
when someone else mentioned them. I now know where they are and
will go visit them as I have a lot of questions. The kernel issue
has plagued me since FC2(? the first 2.6 kernel).

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