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.
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