Latest kernel headers not available

[Pat Parson]

Not sure if this is the right place for posting, but, could we get some kernel headers for
the latest kernel and subsequent kernels. Thanks!

[Justin Forbes]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:12 PM Pat Parson <parspes(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Not sure if this is the right place for posting, but, could we get
> some
>  kernel headers for the latest kernel and subsequent kernels. Thanks!
>
>  
Kernel-headers are not necessarily built for every stable kernel update, as
there is no need to do so unless userspace headers were patched.  Is there
an issue you are running into?

Thanks,
Justin

[parspes]

Oh yeah, this kernel module for my antivirus program will not compile is
all, no biggie, the world is not going to end or anything.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 6:45 AM Justin Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:12 PM Pat Parson <parspes(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
> > Not sure if this is the right place for posting, but, could we get some
> > kernel headers for the latest kernel and subsequent kernels. Thanks!
> >
> >
>  Kernel-headers are not necessarily built for every stable kernel update,
>  as there is no need to do so unless userspace headers were patched.  Is
>  there an issue you are running into?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Justin
>

[Justin Forbes]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 4:14 PM parspes <parspes(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  Oh yeah, this kernel module for my antivirus program will not compile is
>  all, no biggie, the world is not going to end or anything.
>  
That has nothing to do with the kernel-headers package.  See
https://www.labbott.name/blog/2019/11/16/what-s-a-kernel-headers-package-...
for a decent explanation.

Thanks,
Justin

[parspes]

The error message provided by the anti-virus vendor's package basically
states that the kernel module cannot be compiled for kernel x.x.x.x as the
kernel headers or the kernel source for kernel x.x.x.x are not installed.
Thanks!

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 4:29 PM Justin Forbes <jmforbes(a)linuxtx.org&gt; wrote:

>  On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 4:14 PM parspes <parspes(a)gmail.com&gt;
> wrote:
>  >
>  > Oh yeah, this kernel module for my antivirus program will not compile is
>  > all, no biggie, the world is not going to end or anything.
>  >
>  That has nothing to do with the kernel-headers package.  See
>
>  https://www.labbott.name/blog/2019/11/16/what-s-a-kernel-headers-package-...
>  for a decent explanation.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Justin
>

[stan]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:36:52 -0600
parspes <parspes(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  The error message provided by the anti-virus vendor's package
>  basically states that the kernel module cannot be compiled for kernel
>  x.x.x.x as the kernel headers or the kernel source for kernel x.x.x.x
>  are not installed. Thanks! 
If the kernel for which you have headers isn't installed, go here,
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8
and get the binary kernel packages for the kernel and install them,
dnf -C install [kernel packages].

At that point, you can reboot into the kernel that matches the headers
and build your package.  It has a hard requirement for the match.
Alternatively, you could edit the make file and change the check on
kernel to be a > rather than an =.  That is, allow the package to build
with kernel versions greater than the header version.

[Justin Forbes]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:52 PM stan <upaitag(a)zoho.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:36:52 -0600
>  parspes <parspes(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
>  > The error message provided by the anti-virus vendor's package
>  > basically states that the kernel module cannot be compiled for kernel
>  > x.x.x.x as the kernel headers or the kernel source for kernel x.x.x.x
>  > are not installed. Thanks!
>
>  If the kernel for which you have headers isn't installed, go here,
>  https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8
>  and get the binary kernel packages for the kernel and install them,
>  dnf -C install [kernel packages].
>
>  At that point, you can reboot into the kernel that matches the headers
>  and build your package.  It has a hard requirement for the match.
>  Alternatively, you could edit the make file and change the check on
>  kernel to be a > rather than an =.  That is, allow the package to build
>  with kernel versions greater than the header version.
>  _______________________________________________
>  
While technically correct, this is not  relevant to this context.
Kernel-headers is for building userspace and versioning really doesn't
matter much.  You need the kernel-devel package (which is built with every
kernel). Your kernel-devel package has to match your kernel version that
you are building a module for.

>