hello guys
how can i install the sources for a recent kernel?
peaceful_soul 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostJust go to http://www.kernel.org/ and pick one and download. The latest version is 2.6.24.3 as of this writing, but you can pick pretty much any version.
...assuming you meant …
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John A 1,896 Vampirical Lurker Team Colleague
Just go to http://www.kernel.org/ and pick one and download. The latest version is 2.6.24.3 as of this writing, but you can pick pretty much any version.
...assuming you meant a Linux kernel.
peaceful_soul 0 Newbie Poster
hello john , thanks for replying.
yes i meant the linux kernel.
well can i download it while workin on windows xp.
the reason i asked for the sources is because
i want to see what source files in linux that define the system call numbers, the system call interface, and the linkage from a user-callable function to a functionality that is implemented by the kernel.
do you have any idea where i can get information about these?
John A 1,896 Vampirical Lurker Team Colleague
>well can i download it while workin on windows xp.
Yes, although depending on the format you choose to download, you'll need an untar utility and either a gzip or bzip2 unzipping utility.
>do you have any idea where i can get information about these?
I've never really played with the kernel source, so I can't really be of assistance there. Remember that the actual calls to the kernel are usually made by the in-between libraries (such as the standard I/O libraries for C).
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