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SubjectRe: Stop the Linux kernel madness
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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Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com
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