> For the 2.4.27 kernel there are a variety of > sub-releases, such as kernel-image-2.4.27-1-686 that > match up with header packages. > > Where is the source that these are compiled from? > There is only a generic kernel-source-2.4.27 package > available. And if I am interested in using the source > I am forced to use the generic kernel-header-2.4.27 > package, correct? And will this lead to problems on my > particular hardware?
The sources and headers are identical for these sub-releases. The only thing that is different is the options selected when the maintainer ran 'make menu-config' (or similar). You can take a look at the config file in /boot to see the exact list of differences. Alexis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]