Thanks For the prompt reply Robert. I completely understand your point, But this is not the case with ubuntu source code, the uncompressed version takes around 600MB see below. Why the source code for Beaglebone black is too large, Does it mean that the source i am getting is the main tree and needs to be configured according to the Beaglebone config file.
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6LuaivtDNPs/VpsyiwbkXdI/AAAAAAAAAQU/vTloC3OvLWk/s1600/Capture.PNG> Thanks On Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 11:47:42 PM UTC+5:30, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Devendra Gupta > <devendra...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi > > > > > > I am having exactly the same issue, i am looking for the source code for > > linux-headers-3.8.13-bone79, which is there in my beaglebone black. I > > sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.8.13-bone79 > > > > searched a lot and did exactly what they have said. The problem is it is > > fetching around 2GB of code from github as shown below in red > > > > Counting objects: 4533648, done.Receiving objects: 14% > (646498/4533648), > > 261.2 Counting objects: 4533648, done.Receiving objects: 14% > > (653382/4533648), 265.5 > > ^Cceiving objects: 34% (1579601/4533648), 589.96 MiB | 450 KiB/s > > Yeah, that's kernel source repo.. The kernel headers aren't generated > our of thin air.. > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
