About <linux/timer.h> !

[nomadoro]

Hi!
I'm writing a program that uses struct timer_list declared in <linux/timer.h>. As I could not find the file in /usr/include/linux/ directory, I tried to include the file in /usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.1-42.fc8-i686/include/linux/ directory. But after compilation, gcc reports over fifty lines of errors in timer.h and those header files included in timer.h. What's the problem?

[i92guboj]

Hi!
I'm writing a program that uses struct timer_list declared in <linux/timer.h>. As I could not find the file in /usr/include/linux/ directory, I tried to include the file in /usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.1-42.fc8-i686/include/linux/ directory. But after compilation, gcc reports over fifty lines of errors in timer.h and those header files included in timer.h. What's the problem?

The /usr/include/linux/* stuff is usually installed via a package called linux-headers or kernel-headers or the like.

NEVER ever use the headers from an specific kernel unless you know what you are doing, and your life will be much easier. They are not meant to be used on user land programs.

[nomadoro]

I looked for the packages in my Fedora 8 installation DVD but cannot figure out which package to install. What name should it be like?

[i92guboj]

I looked for the packages in my Fedora 8 installation DVD but cannot figure out which package to install. What name should it be like?

I don't know much about fedora. Maybe there's some kernel-devel package?