Messages in this thread | | | From | jbradford@dial ... | Subject | Re: Distributing drivers independent of the kernel source tree | Date | Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:08:19 +0100 (BST) |
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> > jbradford@dial.pipex.com writes: > > |> > > 2. Assuming the kernel source is in /usr/src/linux is not always valid. > |> > >=20 > |> > > 3. I currently use /usr/src/linux-`uname -r` to locate the kernel source > |> > > which is just as broken as method #2. > |> > > |> > you have to use > |> > > |> > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build > |> > (yes it's a symlink usually, but that doesn't matter) > |> > > |> > > |> > that's what Linus decreed and that's what all distributions honor, and > |> > that's that make install does for manual builds. > |> > |> What about instances where there is no modular support in the kernel? > > If your kernel has no module support then you cannot compile kernel > modules.
Sorry, my first post was a brain fart, I thought the original poster was talking about the correct way to identify the verison of source code that you're 'looking at'. Appologies for the wasted bandwidth.
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