kernel source

[Paul Howarth]

On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 16:06 +0200, Mark Panen wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Where is the kernel source for FC 5 hidden, i downloaded
> "kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.src.rpm" and built it but there is no
> kernel-source amongst the kernels that come out.
> 
> kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm 
> kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-kdump-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-xen0-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm 
> kernel-xen0-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-xenU-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.root.x86_64.rpm

The kernel source is what these kernels were built from. It's in the
src.rpm you downloaded. Once you've built the kernels, you don't need
the source any more, so there's no point packaging it.

If you want to make a custom kernel, try this:
http://www.city-fan.org/tips/TweakKernelPackage

Paul.