Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 08:56:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 08:56:00 -0400 Received: from 62-190-217-91.pdu.pipex.net ([62.190.217.91]:13316 "EHLO darkstar.example.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 08:55:59 -0400 From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com Message-Id: <200209271308.g8RD8JPE000494@darkstar.example.net> Subject: Re: Distributing drivers independent of the kernel source tree To: schwab@suse.de (Andreas Schwab) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:08:19 +0100 (BST) Cc: arjanv@redhat.com, Daniel.Heater@gefanuc.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, jgarzik@pobox.com In-Reply-To: from "Andreas Schwab" at Sep 27, 2002 02:48:09 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1173 Lines: 30 > > 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. John. - 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/