On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, shlomo solomon wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a bit confused about the naming of kernel sources and I'd like some help > before I screw something up. I want to compile 2.4.20 instead of the existing > 2.4.19-16mdk on my MDK 9.0. I don't usually run after the **latest** kernel, > but in this case, I still haven't been able to get my TV card working and was > told to patch and compile. But the patch that will supposedly solve my > problem - I hope :-) - is meant for 2.4.20. I also read that it's better to > stay with Mandrake sources if I use supermount. So I looked on several > mirrors at Mandrake cooker RPMs and the only sources I found were these: > > kernel-linus2.4-2.4.20-1mdk.src.rpm
This is an unpatched kernel tree . So it won't have the supermount patch > > Aside from the strange name (why is Linus' name in the kernel name?), the size > of this kernel is significantly smaller than the 2.4.20 on the IGLU mirror. > What does that mean? > > 27440693 Jan 10 09:10 kernel-linus2.4-2.4.20-1mdk.src.rpm > 33963814 Jan 9 20:17 linux-2.4.20.tar.gz > > Of course, one is an RPM and one is tar.gz, but I don't believe there should > be a significant difference. > > BTW - I also found kernel-source-2.4.21-pre2.1mdk.i586.rpm and it's 34 mega > (similar to the size of the 2.4.20 on IGLU). This is the latest patched mandrake tree. Includes a host of patches. Note that the build script of that source rpm is quite non-optimal: it builds the tree for a number of archtectures. However one may apply the patches with 'rpm -bp' and build the tree from there. -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
