Where's the source files?

[Bruce]

Thanks! So what's the difference between the two methods? Why do you recommend the second? I've been pleased so far with yum.

Bruce

>On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:08:55AM -0700, Bruce Hyatt wrote:
>> I'm trying to make sure I have all the modules I need for a USB
>> Camera and card reader so I tried 'make menuconfig' and 'make
>> xconfig.' I got the message "No target..." and realized I don't
>> have the source files! I remember seeing something about them
>> somewhere along the way but I can't remember where and I can't
>> find anything about them on Fedora site nor at LinuxISO.org.
>> Are they on the CD's?
>
>Which distribution? For Fedora Core 2, you could install
>kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521.noarch.rpm from the updates area, which 
>you could get using yum.
>
>But what I really recommend (and this will be the default on FC3) is >to get
>the kernel-2.6.8-1.521.src.rpm *source* RPM, and modify that to have 
>the changes you need -- if you need changes to the main kernel. If >it's an
>external module you want to build, you shouldn't need the full source 
>at all -- the required headers are at "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build" >in the kernel package itself.
>


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