Source for Fedora kernels

Todd Zullinger tmz at pobox.com
Fri Jan 5 02:24:32 UTC 2007


Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Is there somewhere I can find the source used to build the kernel RPMs 
> available when updates occur? Not the naked source and hundreds of 
> patches, but the real source in /usr/src/kernels which seems to be what 
> interesting kernel features want? I really want to try KVM, having 
> decided that xen just isn't working on FC6 with selinux functional.
> 
> Trying to guess what patches were applied, in what order, and build 
> source and kernel from scratch is a long painful process I really don't 
> need. Moreover, it appears that the RPM kernl binaries are built with a 
> compiler other than the default gcc4.x or the "compat" gcc3.x.
> 
> I assume that the real source is available somewhere.

Yes, see the release notes for complete instructions.

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/

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