kernel source install

[Craig McLean]

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Gilboa Davara wrote:
> Cause as far as I could see, the kernel-devel package version didn't
> match the running kernel version.
> While your solution (re-link build) *might* work, if he's running a
> 2.6.12 kernel but builds against a 2.6.13 kernel source, nothing will
> work.

- From the OP:
Currently I'm running kernel 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4
...
rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4.src.rpm

Then:
rpm -ivh kernel-devel-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4.i686.rpm

So that's not a problem, same kernel everywhere. Also, you can tell he's
booted to the new kernel because:

make[1]: Entering directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
Can't find kernel sources in /lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1526_FC4/build;

The make is using `uname -r` here...

> I never use debuggers... for a single reason (Which relates to this
> problem)
> You tend to solve the symptoms (invalid/non-matching kernel source link)
> instead of solving the source of the problem.

Debuggers? I just said that because he had installed the kernel source
package the link in /lib/modules/`uname -r` would be broken, and it was.
As long as you link the correct build directory to the correct
kernel-devel installation, you won't have any problems. You certainly
don't need to install the whole kernel source and then rpmbuild the
kernel just to install ndiswrapper.

C.
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