Messages in this thread | | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: Red Hat 6.1 version.h modifications | Date | 10 Oct 1999 20:01:32 +0200 |
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In article <cistron.Pine.LNX.4.10.9910091501330.22383-100000@labyrinth>, Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> wrote: >On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Olaf Titz wrote: >> Just address the issue of compiling for a different kernel than that >> which currently runs. > >Easy. Place the makefile fragment with the modules that are created for >that kernel (/lib/modules/<version>/kernel.mk or some such), and ensure >that there is enough path information stored in that fragment to build a >kernel based on it (ie. such that the builder can find the original >sources that it was generated from, for the necessary header files).
Why not simply place the Makefile fragment in /usr/src/linux/include. You could then write module Makefiles like this:
# Point to the kernel you're building for KERNEL = /usr/src/linux-2.5.1
include $(KERNEL)/options.mak
CFLAGS := -I$(KERNEL)/include $(CFLAGS)
... et voila
Mike. -- First things first, but not necessarily in that order.
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