Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262228AbUCGQuW (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:50:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262229AbUCGQuW (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:50:22 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:62955 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262228AbUCGQuQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:50:16 -0500 Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 17:49:53 +0100 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Andreas Gruenbacher Cc: Sam Ravnborg , lkml , "kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" Subject: Re: External kernel modules, second try Message-ID: <20040307164953.GB14967@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: <1078620297.3156.139.camel@nb.suse.de> <20040307125348.GA2020@mars.ravnborg.org> <1078664629.9812.1.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <1078667199.3594.50.camel@nb.suse.de> <1078668091.9106.1.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20040307160527.GA2027@mars.ravnborg.org> <20040307160824.GA14967@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <1078677922.3615.47.camel@e136.suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="hHWLQfXTYDoKhP50" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1078677922.3615.47.camel@e136.suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1488 Lines: 45 --hHWLQfXTYDoKhP50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 05:45:22PM +0100, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: > > From a distribution kernel pov; I already ship a subset of files for building > > modules against (basically include/, the KConfig and makefiles), which only > > not 100% works because I don't ship vmlinux. > > We have tried that with our latest round of kernels (still 2.4), and the > results have been mixed. You need various headers outside include/ for 2.6 has the biggest offender (scsi) fixed. > some obscure external modules. Amazingly there are even external modules > that make use of kernel C files. I can't imagine that being the case anymore, and for sure it won't be binary only ones ;) > ), the default being the running kernel. The Red Hat kernel has had a > partial solution for merging autoconf.h. It's a gross hack that we thankfully got rid of finally! --hHWLQfXTYDoKhP50 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAS1KwxULwo51rQBIRAr3GAJ9VPtT/WX4pP6BHGZKENbViEtdphQCdGKMf N9lwzonNbjzi9zDjyISumPM= =KEWa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hHWLQfXTYDoKhP50-- - 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/