hello friends..
I am using RedHat Linux (kernel 2.6)(Evaluation Version)
Can anyone tell me, where can i have an access to its kernel source code.. Is it installed along or i need to install it manually again from somewhere else??

The source to the kernel is not installed by default, please review the RELEASE-NOTES found on the installation media (first CD or the DVD) for how to get the kernel source installed and prepared for use.

The basic steps are to download/install via up2date then prep the kernel for development/patching/compiling. Please make sure you have install the kernel development packages as instructed in the on-line manuals. The Release Notes can also be found here;

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

The procedure specified here to install the kernel source requires our linux system to be connected to the internet so that it cam download the code from redhat.com.
Isnt the source code of kernel available on any of the installation cd's of linux ?? I am using - RedHat (Kernel 2.6) (version 4) (Enterprise Edition)

www.kernels.org is the forte for linux kernels.

i cudnt find anything relevant on this site..

my mistake. its www.kernel.org
sorry!

Yes, it is on one of the SRPMS CDs or on the SRPMS DVD, if you puchased a standard RHEL installation package the media should have been included.

Please note Red hat does use the kernl.org source as a base but backports patches and applies additional "fixes and tweaks" to the vanilla kernel source. While the vanilla kernel.org source will work just fine with a RHEL 4 installation it is not supported by Red Hat.

Can you please give me an idea of what will be the name of that rpm in those CD's.?

Can you please give me an idea of what will be the name of that rpm in those CD's.?

You might find this useful. Also, please be patient.

Hey Nylex, I have already tried that & that is what demands an internet connection with linux system.

To Lenard: It is not in any of the SRPMS packages in those CD's. If u know the folder/package name, please tell me about it.
Thanks.

The latest for RHEL4 update 3 is;

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linu...0.1.EL.src.rpm

This is both the name and where to get the file. If you have paid for support then use it and request the update and source media packages.

I used this ftp to download and install the rpm.
But after downloading, when i tried to install it, it gave me a message " This is a source RPM , hence cannot be installed with system - config packages. "
Please, help me out..

Yep this is want you want the kernel source and the message is correct, the binary installer cannot install source packages, as root or equilivent do something like (from the console or xterm session);

rpm -ivh package_filename_here
cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/SPECS
rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec

Then your kernel source can be found in the /usr/src/redhat/BUILD location.

This all changes a bit if you have the fedora-rpmdevtools and redhat-rpm-config packages installed, instead of being root as a normal user;

rpm -Uvh package_filename_here
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec

Then your kernel source can be found in the ~/rpmbuld/BUILD location.