Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?
From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Wed Sep 12 2007 - 14:15:12 EST
>
> But we are talking[0] about a kernel-source-$VERSION.$ARCH.rpm's which
> contain
> the kernel sources (read: lots of .c and .h files, etc.) - including a
> matching
> .config and after `make oldconfig` - so that one can build out-of-tree
> modules
> after installing it with "KSRC=" (or whatever the Makefile parameter is
> usually called).
You need certain things of the kernel built before you can build
external modules (if they use a sane build approach).
Just including the .config with the kernel source is far from enough.
Sam
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