Linux kernel in my system
 

Hi,

I have to have the source code for the mandriva.

My version is 2.6.22.9-laptop-1mdv.

When I open the software management program.
I find that I have it on my hard drive( the kernel).

Not to mention that there is like a couple of dozen of kernel that you can download which are the same version.

Anyway, how do i find it.
What's the name of the dir or file of kernel?
Is it many files?

It's supposed to be in /usr/src/linux but i don't have that directory.


Thanks

Are you looking for the kernel executable file or for the source code?

The kernel is in /boot, and is typically named "vmlinuz....."

The source code is normally in /usr/src

I have to compile the kernel,
and i have been told that it is in: /usr/src/linux.


But I don't have that directory.

thanks

Have you installed the kernel source code?

Hi there,

I'm not sure we're on the same page here. If you have compiled the kernel, then you would have known where you compiled it from (the location of the source code)?? :\

Anyway, back as pixellany is saying, the executable for kernel file, is typically within the /boot folder. There you should find an ELF file like bzImage.. or vmlinuz...

Typically, the source code for kernels should be placed in /usr/src/kernels. But as you said, if it's not there, then it's somewhere else. If you compiled it, makes more sense that you know where you compiled it from.

Good luck.