kernel source for ppc

[Kevin H. Hobbs]

On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 15:10 -0600, Bret Hughes wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 14:32, Chuck R. Anderson wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 01:58:40PM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote:
> > > Since there does not seem to be a kernel-source rpm anymore, is there an
> > > rpm to install the kernel source for ppc?  I installed kernel-devel but
> > > i do not see a configs dir like I am used to so I can start with the
> > > config that is on the running kernel.  has this process changed or are
> > > the test packages just not there yet.
> > 
> > Install the src.rpm instead.  Then look in /usr/src/redhat/*
> > 
> 
> OK, Thanks.  Is this setup a done deal?  If you are wanting to build
> something that relies on the kernel source tree, I assume that a
> rpm-build -p SPECS/kernel-version and 
> ln -s /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-version /usr/src/linux 
> would provide the needed tree?
> 
> What a pita.  From reading rpm-qi kernel-devel, the kernel-devel package
> is equiv. to the old kernel-headers?
> 
> I an sure there is a reason to do it this way but I am not seeing it
> unless RH is just trying to make it harder for folks to migrate here
> from other distros.
> 
> Sorry if this has been hashed out before I did not search the archives
> before going off on this mini rant.
> 
> Bret
> 

I have my notes on when I went through something similar with x86_64 up
here:

http://crab-lab.zool.ohiou.edu/kevin/kernel-compilation-tutorial-en/

There's also some stuff up on the documentation project bugzilla.
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