= How do I compile a 3rd party device driver ? = As an example on how to compile a 3rd party device driver for the 2.6 kernel, lets look at how to compile the [http://www.hawkingtech.com//support/details.php?CatID=19&FamID=33&ProdID=175&Rev=Z2 HWU54G] Wireless driver for Fedora Core. == kernel-devel == First, you need to make sure you have the kernel-devel package for your kernel installed. If your kernel is up to date, simply doing a yum install kernel-devel should be enough. Verify that you have a kernel-devel package of the same version as your currently running kernel! {{{ # yum install kernel-devel # uname -a # rpm -q kernel-devel }}} If the versions of your currently running kernel and kernel-devel package do not match, you should probably upgrade the kernel and reboot into that new kernel. == Unpack and build driver == ---- ["CategoryFAQ"]