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From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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Jeff Merkey wrote:

> Doug,
> 
> I have seen some problems with the rpm build and default install of your
> kernel sources.
> NWFS and the SCI drivers will **NOT** build against it since you post in a
> linux and linux-up kernel for lilo during boot. 


It would if you used my module build kit.

> People using these drivers
> who email me always have to do a "make distclean" to get stuff to build. 


They (and you) think they do, but they don't.

> I
> am very familiar with the kernel.h
> changes you guys put in that are different from stock kernels, but despite
> this, it's
> far from "plug and play" for a customer building third party kernel modules
> on your rpms.



See my build kit (which has been available since 6.2 incidentally). 
Very plug and play for a kernel developer.






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