FC3 Release Note

• In order to eliminate the redundancy inherent in providing a separate package for the kernel source code when that source code already exists in the kernel's .src.rpm file, Fedora Core 3 no longer includes the kernel-source package. Users that require aclearcase/" target="_blank" >ccess to the kernel sources can find them in the kernel .src.rpm file. To create an exploded source tree from this file, perform the following steps (note that <version> refers to the version specification for your currently-running kernel):

• 1. Obtain the kernel-<version>.src.rpm file from one of the following sources:

     • The SRPMS directory on the appropriate "SRPMS" CD iso image

     • The FTP site where you got the kernel package

     • By running the following command:

       up2date --get-source kernel

  2. Install kernel-<version>.src.rpm (given the default RPM configuration, the files this package contains will be written to /usr/src/redhat/)

  3. Change directory to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/, and issue the following command:

     rpmbuild -bp --target=<arch> kernel.spec

     (Where <arch> is the desired target architecture.)

     On a default RPM configuration, the kernel tree will be located in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/.

  4. In resulting tree, the configurations for the specific kernels shipped in Fedora Core 3 are in the /configs/ directory. For example, the i686 SMP configuration file is named /configs/kernel-<version>-i686-smp.config. Issue the following command to place the desired configuration file in the proper place for building:

     cp <desired-file> ./.config

  5. Issue the following command:

     make oldconfig

  You can then proceed as usual.

  Note

  An exploded source tree is not required to build kernel modules against the currently in-use kernel.

  For example, to build the foo.ko module, create the following file (named Makefile) in the directory containing the foo.c file:

  
  obj-m    := foo.o
  
  KDIR    := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
  PWD    := $(shell pwd)
  
  default:
      $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
  
                

  Issue the make command to build the foo.ko module.