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mascolo99

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Registered: 2010-04-08

Posts: 8

Kernel headers for buildin driver

Hi I have linux with 2.6.33-ARCH kernel.

I need to build a driver but i make  sudo pacman -S kernel26 and it download other headers
I check my directory and see this

[mascolo99@myhost build]$ pwd                           
/lib/modules/2.6.36-ARCH/build

instead of 2.6.33

why?

thanks in advance

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Kernel headers for buildin driver

The current kernel is 2.6.36 and that's what you get.

mascolo99

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Registered: 2010-04-08

Posts: 8

Re: Kernel headers for buildin driver

Ok thanks for the quicly response.

So I have to change my kernel in order to compile a module? How can I do that? with pacman

tks

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,543

Re: Kernel headers for buildin driver

How can I do that? with pacman

pacman -Syu should do it

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Kernel headers for buildin driver

Always run 'pacman -Syu' to update your system before installing new software.

Last edited by karol (2010-12-15 19:49:07)

mascolo99

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Registered: 2010-04-08

Posts: 8

Re: Kernel headers for buildin driver

Ok thanks folks I will try it.

You are very quickly replying topics. Thanks

mascolo99

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Registered: 2010-04-08

Posts: 8

Re: Kernel headers for buildin driver

Thanks folks It worked fine!
You are the best.