Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f206.google.com ([209.85.219.206]:52371 "EHLO mail-ew0-f206.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757992AbZIOC0J (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:26:09 -0400 Received: by ewy2 with SMTP id 2so72646ewy.17 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:26:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Hin-Tak Leung To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, mcgrof@gmail.com Cc: Hin-Tak Leung , Hin-Tak Leung Subject: [PATCH] compat-2.6: adding notes on installing to non-running kernel Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:26:07 +0100 Message-Id: <1252981567-12554-1-git-send-email-HinTak.Leung@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: adding notes on installing to non-running kernel Signed-off-by: Hin-Tak Leung --- README | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 7c6c2cd..380fc5a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ compat-wireless-2.6 drivers for it you can use this syntax: make KLIB=/home/mcgrof/kernels/linux-2.6.23.9 KLIB_BUILD=/home/mcgrof/kernels/linux-2.6.23.9 +If you have a kernel installed, which is not your currently running kernel (e.g. via +distro updates; plus its corresponding kernel-dev package), you can use this syntax: + +make KLIB=/lib/modules/2.6.30.6-53.fc11.x86_64 + + and to install to your system's root path for the non-running kernel: + +make KLIB=/lib/modules/2.6.30.6-53.fc11.x86_64 KMODPATH_ARG='INSTALL_MOD_PATH=' install + Bugs ----- -- 1.6.2.5