Get Kernel Headers Package Updated?

[Schorschi]

Get Kernel Headers Package Updated?

Seems the latest raspberrypi-kernel-headers package is not current, it stops short of 4.9.72-v7? Seems the latest is 4.9.59-v7+? I am trying to compile rtl8812au driver, and I can do this on 4.9.59-v7 just fine because the package has the build information. But not so for 4.9.72-v7+ version.

/lib/modules# ls -l
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 31 04:41 3.6-trunk-rpi
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 31 06:28 4.9.59+
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 31 06:38 4.9.59-v7+
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 31 04:59 4.9.72+
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 31 04:59 4.9.72-v7+

/lib/modules/4.9.59-v7+# ls -l
total 1868
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Oct 30 10:38 build -> /usr/src/linux-headers-4.9.59-v7+

Time line for when this might get done?
Thanks.

[6by9]

It almost certainly won't.
raspberrypi-kernel-headers matches the kernel that is distributed via the Raspbian repo. If you're running 4.9.72 then you've used rpi-update instead.

[sparkie777]

have a look at
How compile a loadable kernel module without recompiling kernel - Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange

both variants (rpi-update kernel and 'raspberrypi-kernel' package) are covered there. Maybe not quite up to date.

[Schorschi]

So the real question is why the 'raspberrypi-kernel-headers' package is lagging (several?) kernel updates?

[sparkie777]

kernel-headers and kernel are pretty much in sync here:

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ii  raspberrypi-kernel              1.20171029-1                      armhf        Raspberry Pi bootloader
ii  raspberrypi-kernel-headers      1.20171029-1                      armhf        Header files for the Raspberry Pi Linux kernel

I don't know what the problem is?

[6by9]

So the real question is why the 'raspberrypi-kernel-headers' package is lagging (several?) kernel updates?

It's not - it matches the raspberrypi-kernel package, which is the latest stable release for Raspbian.

You appear to have chosen to use rpi-update to grab the bleeding edge kernel which is distributed outside of Raspbian. apt has no knowledge of that.