Compile in Fedora

[Andras Simon]

On 5/19/07, Teilhard Knight <teilhk at softhome.net> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I tried long ago to install Fedora Core 6 in my 64 bit box, but the
> installer would hang. Then I recently came across Fermi Linux which is a
> variant of Scientific Linux, and is based on Fedora Core, and I installed
> it. My problem is that the distro does not recognize my wireless nic and no
> module is provided out of the box. I have to compile it, which is why I ask
> help to inquire what do I need in fedora Core to be able to compile. I tried
> to compile the module's tarball out of the box and I couldn't. Thanks for
> any help in advance.

See the subsection Building Only Kernel Modules in

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc6/en_US/sn-Kernel.html

I don't know if this applies to Fermi Linux.

Andras