Messages in this thread | | | From | (richard offer) | Date | Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:01:06 -0700 | Subject | Re: build -->/usr/src/linux |
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In article <9aqmgo$8f6ol$1@fido.engr.sgi.com> you write: >In article <3AD0A029.C17C3EFC@rcn.com>, >Marvin Stodolsky <stodolsk@rcn.com> wrote: >>Thanks for responding. But I would still like to understand what the >>functionality is of the build --> /usr/src/linuc. Is it dispensable, >>once the module tree has been installed? > >It's needed for modules that are distributed sperately, so that >they can use cc -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include > >Or even > > l=`pwd` > cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build > make $l/module.o > >.. but there should be a cleaner way to get at the CFLAGS used >to compile the kernel.
Ahhhh. Not again.
uname does not always provide useful information (cross compiling). Even if you're building the same ISA, you maybe in a chroot'ed environment.
Can we please not assume that everybody only ever builds native...
> >Mike.
richard.
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