Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S971691AbXILSPK (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:15:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753233AbXILSO5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:14:57 -0400 Received: from pasmtpa.tele.dk ([80.160.77.114]:49060 "EHLO pasmtpA.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751935AbXILSO4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:14:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:16:21 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Bernd Petrovitsch Cc: Dan Stromberg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)? Message-ID: <20070912181621.GA18688@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20070912170529.GA18311@uranus.ravnborg.org> <1189617081.31502.78.camel@tara.firmix.at> <20070912175116.GB18311@uranus.ravnborg.org> <1189620642.31502.104.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1189620642.31502.104.camel@tara.firmix.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 785 Lines: 19 > > But we are talking[0] about a kernel-source-$VERSION.$ARCH.rpm's which > contain > the kernel sources (read: lots of .c and .h files, etc.) - including a > matching > .config and after `make oldconfig` - so that one can build out-of-tree > modules > after installing it with "KSRC=" (or whatever the Makefile parameter is > usually called). You need certain things of the kernel built before you can build external modules (if they use a sane build approach). Just including the .config with the kernel source is far from enough. Sam - 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/