On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 12:29, Hong Hsu wrote: > I probably didn't stated clearly at the beginning. So let me do > it again. > > I have 2.4.18-3 redhat distribution installed. a new device didn't > work with the kernel. It was reported that the new device is compatible > with 2.4.18-17 kernel. I assume it is not redhat distribution, but I > may be wrong. > > From ftp.kernel.org I only saw linux-2.4.18.tar.gz and patch-2.4.18.gz. > There is no linux-2.4.18-17.tar.gz or patch17.gz, Or should be one? There should not be such a kernel version at ftp.kernel.org. A version such as 2.4.18-17 is almost certainly a product of some distribution. The corresponding source must therefore come from that distribution providor. Beware that it is very possible for two or more distribution to have a kernel with the same version number that are not the same. So you need to know what distribution is being referenced in the "compatible with 2.4.18-17" statement. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
