Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:11:26 +0800 (WST) | From | Ian Kent <> | Subject | Re: HOWTO build modules in 2.6.0 ... |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:59:27PM +0000, John Levon wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 09:33:36PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > > Use the following: > > > make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=`pwd` O=/users/cieciwa/rpm/BUILD/eagle-1.0.4/linux modules > > > > > > > This requires a kernel source tree empty of built files though, so it's > > really not a great solution ... > > Correct - but why keep kernel trees around full of build files, when > there is a proper solution to keep them out of the src. > > The problem was generated files. If a generated file were present in > the kernel source tree, it would not be built again. > This resulted in a few suprises during development, and I therefore > added the check for a kernel source tree with no built-files. > It can be avoided, but that required too much surgery in various > makefiles and include statements. So that part is 2.7 material.
And this method works for versioned kernels as well without having to build a new kernel?
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