[relnotes] [Bug 187582] New: RELNOTES - Summarize the release note suggestion/content

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187582

           Summary: RELNOTES - Summarize the release note suggestion/content
           Product: Fedora Documentation
           Version: devel
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: normal
         Component: release-notes
        AssignedTo: relnotes at fedoraproject.org
        ReportedBy: john at discoverlinux.co.uk
         QAContact: kwade at redhat.com
                CC: kwade at redhat.com


Fedora Core 5 Section 8.7 should state that you DO need to install the
kernel-devel package to create /usr/src/kernels using :-

su -c 'yum install kernel-devel'

(this should really be installed when the devel package is selected on install)

------ Current -----
8.7. Building Only Kernel Modules

An exploded source tree is not required to build a kernel module, such as your
own device driver, against the currently in-use kernel. For example, to build
the foo.ko module, create the following Makefile in the directory containing the
foo.c file:

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