Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:26:51 -0500 | From | Matt Domsch <> | Subject | Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness |
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 05:52:46PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Hannu Savolainen wrote: > > >The actual problem is that there is no standardized way to compile modules > >outside the kernel source tree. There will be serious problems if > >different distributions need slightly different installation procedure. > >Who is going to be able to tell the customer what exactly he should do? > > In 2.6.x there is a way to do this :) > > Sam Ravnborg recently posted documentation for this, as well.
<shameless plug> and we suggest using DKMS for exactly this purpose, until you get your code merged into the kernel.org trees. http://linux.dell.com/dkms/ </shameless plug>
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