This message generated a parse failure. Raw output follows here. Please use 'back' to navigate. From devnull@lkml.org Wed Apr 24 07:40:28 2024 Delivery-date: Fri, 26 May 2006 17:02:31 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750858AbWEZPB7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 11:01:59 -0400 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:29968 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750838AbWEZPB6 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 11:01:58 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([10.112.50.11]) by phoenix.analogic.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Fri, 26 May 2006 11:01:56 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Received: from chaos.analogic.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chaos.analogic.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4QF1upR006904; Fri, 26 May 2006 11:01:56 -0400 Received: (from linux-os@localhost) by chaos.analogic.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id k4QF1tUE006903; Fri, 26 May 2006 11:01:55 -0400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 May 2006 15:01:56.0474 (UTC) FILETIME=[54BD9DA0:01C680D5] content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system? Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 11:01:55 -0400 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20060526143718.GY13513@lug-owl.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system? Thread-Index: AcaA1VTHKuL48BvfQDy35S2Vuh9REQ== References: <447622EA.90704@garzik.org> <20060525213952.GT13513@lug-owl.de> <20060525214413.GE4328@redhat.com> <20060526143718.GY13513@lug-owl.de> From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" To: "Jan-Benedict Glaw" Cc: "Dave Jones" , , "Jeff Garzik" Reply-To: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 26 May 2006, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > On Thu, 2006-05-25 17:44:13 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: >> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 11:39:52PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: >> > On Thu, 2006-05-25 17:34:34 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >> >> >> find / -name libata-scsi.c >> > >> > Which of the 10 versions showing up is the "right" one? >> >> For the sake of compiling out-of-tree modules, it's also useless, >> as sanitised headers (like Fedora's kernel-devel package) won't have this. >> >> Following /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build is the only way this can work. >> (And that should be true on any distro) > > As long as you actually compile the modules on the machine they're > ment to run on... > > MfG, JBG Distributions really need to have been built on the target system so that the CONFIG variables are correct and the various dynamic files have been created. Therefore I suggest that the presence of: /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/System.map ... is probably good enough for most everyone. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.16.4 on an i686 machine (5592.73 BogoMips). New book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/ _  **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/