[PlanetCCRMA] kernel source access

Rob Jackson robert.jackson@student.manchester.ac.uk
Thu Dec 7 08:17:02 2006


blindman jones wrote:
[snip]
>> I need the kernel source for 2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma in order 
>> to get a wireless network card working but am unable to find it 

> The src rpms are here...
> 
> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/all/linux/SRPMS/
> 
> You might not need to rebuild the whole kernel though, read this first
> to be sure...
> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc5/#id2983562
> "Fedora Core does not include the kernel-source package provided by
> older versions since only the kernel-devel package is required now to
> build external modules."
> 

OK, I've tried the kernel-devel package, and it seems that it probably 
has the correct files; however,
# yum install kernel-devel
only installs the source for the 2.6.18-1 FC kernel, as supposed to the 
2.6.16-1 planetCCRMA kernel. As a result, I am unable to build with the 
CCRMA kernel. How can I get the kernel-devel package for the CCRMA 
2.6.16-1.2080.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma kernel?

I've now switched to the rrt kernel, which appears to work fine in the 
hope that installing the source rpm's would solve the problem, however,
# rpm -i kernel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.src.rpm
gives error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

All help appreciated as to how I can get the headers/sources needed to 
compile the wireless card driver.

Thanks
Rob