How to get the source rpms

jff24grd · 11-02-2009, 03:58 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to get the full source of 2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586 plus all of the modules that go with it. If you could point me in the right direction that would be great.

Thanks

lazlow · 11-02-2009, 04:00 PM

The easiest way is to just look the your repo address. Most RH based distros put the source rpm directory on the same level as i386 and 64bit:

Quote:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...ses/11/Fedora/

and for updates:

Quote:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...ates/11/SRPMS/

jff24grd · 11-02-2009, 04:08 PM

Thanks for the quick reply, but using a source rpm for a module it only installs the .ko file. How do I get at the makefile and the *.c and *.h files?

lazlow · 11-02-2009, 04:19 PM

On RH systems if you are compiling against any package you need the -devel of that package, which is in the standard repo. Keep in mind that you need to exactly match -devel to the kernel you are using (each kernel has a matching kernel-devel package).

jff24grd · 11-02-2009, 04:27 PM

I did yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r) and it says that its already installed. All that I have in my module is a kconfig and a makefile. I don't have the source. Any thoughts on how I actually get the source?

thanks

lazlow · 11-02-2009, 04:36 PM

Well the source rpm actually does have all the source code in it. It is more likely that your module is not looking for it in the correct place. The other quick thing you can try is installing kernel-headers, some makefiles get along better with those. Remember that your search database does not get updated until you run an updatedb(not a typo).

jff24grd · 11-02-2009, 07:08 PM

I'm runnning fedora 11, and I can't get updateb to run under yum. Also I have the headers installed and the .c or .h files are not anywhere since I did a find on the root fs.

knudfl · 11-02-2009, 07:18 PM

The source = kernel-2.6.30.9-90.fc11.src.rpm ... is in updates :

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...0.fc11.src.rpm
.. or you can get it with # yum , if the 'fedora-updates.repo',
[updates-source] is enabled : enabled=1

1) kernel-devel : Almost no code, only makefiles.

2) By install, the source src.rpm is unpacked to
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES , and can either be rebuild to packages
with # rpmbuild , ( which makes a usable patched folder in
/usr/src/redhat/BUILD ) or you can unpack the included 'tar.bz2'
and patch it yourself. ( There are 50 patches ? ).
.....

lazlow · 11-02-2009, 07:53 PM

It is updatedb not updateb(what you posted). updatedb has nothing to do with yum, it updates the database that locate (and I think find) uses to find stuff. If you add a file to your system it will not be found by locate (and find?) until you do a updatedb.

jff24grd · 11-03-2009, 09:45 AM

I still can't get any of my module files.

I downloaded the rpm above an right now I'm patching it since if I build it now the module won't load since the versions are different. There has to be an easier way to actually get the actual source in /usr/src/kernels/2.6.30.9-9* right???

jff24grd · 11-06-2009, 11:11 AM

I figured it out.

1. Download my module source
2. Point the makefile to the kernel headers. That was the thing I was missing. make –C /usr/src/kernels/2.6.x.x.x M=`pwd` modules