RHEL 5.7 source code query

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Issue

  • I'm looking for the source code of RHEL 5.7. I've downloaded the package kernel-2.6.18-274.el5.src.rpm
    from Redhat website. When I installed the rpm, I see the source code version as linux-2.6.18.4.tar.bz2
    inside the package.

    • Can you please let me know if this is the correct source code for RHEL 5.7 or should I download any other package?
    • Could you please let me know the patches to be applied and the sequence? Our applications makes use of
      igb driver pointers and for 6.3 and 6.4 we used "for_each_netdev()" function to identity the required
      driver for our PCIe compliant hardware. In for_each_netdev(net,d), the first parameter is the init_net
      structure which is defined and exported in "net/core/net_namespace.c" in RHEL 6.3. What is the similar
      variable in RHEL 5.7 which needs to be passed?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7

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