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Re: header files for kernel 2.6.26.5



On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:11:43 -0400 (EDT), Ashish Agarwal wrote:
> # uname -r
> 2.6.26.5-netkit-K2.8
> 
> Presumably the prefix indicates the kernel they based their patch on.
> 

This is not the naming convention for a Debian kernel.  The fourth
number for a stock Debian kernel is separated from the third by
a hyphen, not a period.  For example,

   uname -r

on my system yields

   2.6.26-2-686

(This is an i386 architecture machine.)  Notice the "-2", not a ".2".
The system may be a Debian system, but its kernel does not appear
to be Debian kernel.  The kernel is either from another distribution
or is a custom built kernel.  And who knows what kernel source code
package was used to build the custom kernel.  None of the Debian
linux-header-* packages will be an exact match.  Find out from your
kernel builder *exactly* where to get the header files.

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