On Dec 18, 2005, at 5:37 PM, lnthai2002@aim.com wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Huff shuff@vecna.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 18:18:23 -0500 Subject: Re: [CentOS] Where is the kernel source code???
On Dec 18, 2005, at 3:41 PM, Jim Perrin wrote:
Long complicated answer: you'd need to get the src rpm, edit the .config used to add support for the driver, rebuild the rpm.... etc.
this is not quite correct; rather that messing with the kernel SRPM, you should also be able to pull down the kernel-source RPM:
yum -y install kernel-source
this will create /usr/src/linux-<kernel version>, which contains the kernel source.
this doc is old, but you may be able to compile a custom kernel using a similar procedure:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ s1-cus tom-kernel-modularized.html
but i'd add my voice to those recommending that you NOT compile you own kernel, and instead use the centosplus kernel, especially if it contains the module(s) you need.
-steve
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How do i know that the centOSplus kernel has support for my device (in my case bt848 capture device). I must see the config file right? But rpm doesnt put that config file into /boot Thanks, guys NHUT THAI LE ______________________________________________________________________ __ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry- leading spam and email virus protection.
Sometimes you need to compile your own drivers, since no one kernel has all drivers. Especially out of kernel drivers.