I already tried #make mrproper, but it didn't work.
My question is how can I verify I have working kernel source tree on my system ( redhat Linux kernel 2.4.18-3) Or is is possible to do so because the device driver I intend to install requires a working kernel source tree. I can do this:
#rpm -qa | grep kernel
It should return kernel-2.4.18-3, kernel-source-2.4.18-3 But not sure there is a kernel-headers-2.4.18-3.
#make clean
#make mrproper
#make dep
with no errors.
Does above steps should work? Your comments will be appreciated. Thanks
-Hong
Seth Arnold wrote:
On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 12:02:42AM -0400, Hong Hsu wrote:#rpm -ivh --force kernel-2.4.18-3.src.rpm #rpm -qi kernel-2.4.18-3 The Install date was 12/16/2002. It didn't updated!Well, no, it won't. You just forced the install of a src.rpm. That just gets unpacked in /usr/src/redhat/ or whatever you've set your %_topdir to in your ~/.rpmmacros file. Installing .src.rpm packages will _not_ effect the machine's RPM database. It only effects files in the filesystem, wherever you've set it to unpack them. Be careful -- there are also kernel-source _binary_ RPMs, that contain something a little more in line for users to manipulate for their own personal use. (It won't build ~14 flavours of kernels..)#cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-3You should run "make mrproper" before copying the config file over. At least Red Hat's kernel-source rpms need this step. (The kernel .src.rpms are built through an entirely different mechanism, so you won't need to touch any of this stuff. :)#cp configs/kernel-2.4.18-3-athlon.config ../.config #make dep
