Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263882AbUDON5H (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:57:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263897AbUDON5H (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:57:07 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:55213 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263882AbUDON4z (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:56:55 -0400 Subject: Re: modules in 2.6 kernel - question for FAQ? From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Chris Friesen Cc: Rusty Russell , Sam Ravnborg , Arkadiusz Miskiewicz , Andrew Morton , lkml - Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <407E9127.8070303@nortelnetworks.com> References: <200404142142.41137.arekm@pld-linux.org> <1081993968.17782.112.camel@bach> <20040415044452.GA2215@mars.ravnborg.org> <1082004860.17780.143.camel@bach> <407E9127.8070303@nortelnetworks.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Rl753dqvjUq593803MdA" Organization: Red Hat UK Message-Id: <1082037381.12255.1.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:56:21 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1258 Lines: 40 --=-Rl753dqvjUq593803MdA Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 15:41, Chris Friesen wrote: > Rusty Russell wrote: >=20 > > They can only do this if they're not using the kernel makefiles. So I > > don't really think it's a priority... >=20 > Unfortunately some of us have no choice but to use binary-only drivers. >=20 > This is starting to change, but they are currently still needed for some=20 > hardware. I think you misunderstood; even binary only module build stuff needs to use the kernel makefiles, via make -C /path/to/kernel etc, as documented in Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt --=-Rl753dqvjUq593803MdA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAfpSFxULwo51rQBIRAjVhAJ4+iqo5elvdd7Mt9S1RtgWrzMKENQCfSkaw kSsm9OjEsHmipn33AW7q1Ls= =XLKC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Rl753dqvjUq593803MdA-- - 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/