How are fedora kernels modified from vanilla kernels

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 01:57:38AM -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> Does it mean that I have to download kernel-2.6.8.1-521.src.rpm ?

Yes.


> What is the difference between the kernel-sourcecode packages and the
> *.src.rpm packages?

The former is a confusing "binary" rpm containing an image of the kernel
source. The latter is the source package actually used.

> If I want to recompile the kernel (I might have to do it to solve a ACPI 
> DSDT problem with a laptop), what should I used, kernel-sourcecode or
> kernel src.rpm?

Use the src.rpm. (For Fedora Core 3, this confusion is going away, and there
won't be a "binary" package of the source anymore.)

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