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Re: Kernel packages/header question



On Thursday 07 April 2005 06:36 pm, snacktime wrote:
> I'm running debian testing with kernel 2.4.27-2-686-smp.  I'm trying
> to compile the zaptel kernel modules which needs the kernel source.
> I've done it before on other boxes that aren't smp boxes without any
> problems, but I'm missing something here in getting the right source,
> headers, or something.
>
> I downloaded   kernel-source-2.4.27, linked it to /usr/src/linux, ran
> makemenuconfig, saved and exited then ran make dep.
>
> I'm a bit confused about whether I need the kernel headers, and which
> ones I need.  I haven't needed them on boxes without smp, but there
> are no smp specific header packages for this kernel anyways.
snip

If you use a Debian kernel there is a matching headers package also. If 
you compile your own kernel then you need to compile a headers package 
also.
http://packages.debian.org/testing/devel/kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-686-smp

-- 
Greg C. Madden



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