Re: No more kernel-source(code) ??? (was: rawhide report: 20040623 changes)

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On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 04:06, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote:

> I'd bet good money on needing access to kernel source to build something
> (typically  a driver, e.g. for the NVidia and centrino drivers) or
> switch on-off some options being a couple of orders of magnitude more
> common than building a custom glibc.


Dunno about nvidia, but you do not need to install the kernel source to
build he centrino drivers. They build fine with
/lib/modules/...../build. The centrino drivers are almost trivial to
build after a kernel upgrade. 

Philip



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