[rawhide social experiments] kernel-source(code) package removed once again ...

Jesse Keating jkeating at j2solutions.net
Mon Aug 23 14:51:18 UTC 2004


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On Sunday 22 August 2004 11:45, Bob Arendt wrote:
> Now the kernel headers are included with each kernel install!
> Fantastic!  No more special builds.  ASCII headers compress really
> well, so there's little inflation in binary-kernel rpm size.  And it's
> much easier to build & install the 3rd party hardware drivers we use.
> Now 3rd party delivered build scripts "just work" since the correct
> headers can always be found with the kernel.  Vendors have gotten
> fewer callbacks regarding installation.  It no longer depends on the
> last state of the /usr/src/linux* since someone last used the
> kernel-source.  In fact, it removes the kernel-source requirement
> entirely.

What do I need to tell my vendors then?  I constantly have to dig up header 
files that aren't in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/  such as SCSI headers.  
sd.h scsi_mod.h hosts.h etc....  I have to pull them from a sourcecode or 
src.rpm in order to build my 3rd party module.  Having the matching 
sourcecode rpm helped, although I can get around that.  I'm more 
interested in educating my vendors so that I don't have to dig this stuff 
up.

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