Fedora Kernel Sources

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Sun May 21 19:43:36 UTC 2006


On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 08:36:51PM +0100, Leon wrote:

 > >> > Install the kernel-devel package which matches your kernel and you'll be
 > >> > able to build modules the normal way; you don't need the full sources
 > >> > for that.
 > >> 
 > >> On a related note, what ever happened to the kernel-smp and
 > >> kernel-smp-devel packages?
 > >
 > > All rawhide kernels now have SMP turned on by default, even for UP
 > > machines.
 > 
 > Any benefit of this?

Takes up less space on CD / mirrors, quicker build times, negligable overhead.
Right now it's an experiment, it may turn out to be a bad idea. We'll see
how things look after FC6-test1 results come back.

		Dave

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