Re: Do we have a package that installs the kernel headers and config into the target?

[Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>]

On 04/05/2012 08:20 PM, Cui, Dexuan wrote:
> In a typical Linux distribution, there is a build link(or directory) that specifies the directory where the kernel headers and kernel config are put.
> 
> E.g. in my Ubuntu 11.04, a package linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic installs .config, include/ and Kconfig into /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic/ and makes a link /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build to point to the directory.
> 
> However, looks in Yocto, we don't have such a package? Do we have a plan to add it?
> 
> I'm asking the question because in the ESDC contest, the students found in Yocto they couldn't build the wifi driver's source code that was downloaded from realtek.com:  http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=226&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true
> In Ubuntu, they can build the driver fine.
> 

There is an open bug:
https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1614


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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel