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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:26:51 -0500
From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Hannu Savolainen <hannu@opensound.com>,
       Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
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Subject: Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 05:52:46PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Hannu Savolainen wrote:
>=20
> >The actual problem is that there is no standardized way to compile modul=
es
> >outside the kernel source tree. There will be serious problems if
> >different distributions need slightly different installation procedure.
> >Who is going to be able to tell the customer what exactly he should do?
>=20
> In 2.6.x there is a way to do this :)
>=20
> Sam Ravnborg recently posted documentation for this, as well.

<shameless plug>
and we suggest using DKMS for exactly this purpose, until you get your
code merged into the kernel.org trees.  http://linux.dell.com/dkms/
</shameless plug>

--=20
Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com

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