kernel src vs. headers

[Goetz Bock]

On Fri, Jun 27 '03 at 10:28, Petr Cervinka wrote:
> When  I  compiled  the  driver  for an etherned card which has not
> dirrect support in kernel  and I tried to load the module "insmod
> tc902x.o" I received message:
The case of module compilation, and only this case needs the real kernel
sources. You must

 - install the kernel-sources rpm,
 - unpack the tar.bz2 you get,
(- link /usr/src/kernel-... to /usr/src/linux)
- copy the proper configuration of your boot kernel (it's called
  config-... and lies in /boot)
- cd into the kernel source directory
- run "make dep"

now you have the proper setup to compile additional modules for your
booted kernel. 

For modules that come with proper setup/configure routines, just use
/usr/src/kernel-... as kernel source directory.
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