Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:42:28 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: New version of ClownToolKit |
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On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 01:15:43AM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote: > Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote: > > > A small nitpick about the way ou build the ekrnel module: > > > > In mk_and_insmod you can replace: > > make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=$PWD modules > > with > > LIBDIR=/lib/modules/`uname -r` > > make -C $LIBDIR/source O=$LIBDIR/build SUBDIRS=`pwd` modules > > > > For a normal kernel installation this will do the right thing. > > source points to the kernel source and build point to the output > > directory (they are often equal but not always). > > Please don't tell module authors to unconditionally use `uname -r`. > I frequently build kernels for differentd hosts, and if I don't, I'll > certainly compile the needed modules before installing the kernel. > Therefore /lib/modules/`uname -r` is most certainly the completely > wrong place to look for the kernel source. /lib/modules/`uname -r` is the general solution that works for most people and should be at least default. It is certainly better than /usr/src/linux. But yes they better make it override able.
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