Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:19:21 -0600 | From | Tim Gardner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] compat: add compat kernel checker and downloader |
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On 04/04/2012 05:10 AM, Andy Whitcroft wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 05:23:46PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> Andy, so I just noticed that on all Ubuntu PPA (and generic) kernels >> you guys have a broken symlink >= 2.6.33. >> >> /lib/modules/2.6.33-02063305-generic/build/include/asm >> >> points to asm-x86 and that is no longer present after 2.6.33 so any >> module requiring those header files will break now on Ubuntu. I just >> spotted this as some file from asm is now included in the modules were >> are building. I guess not many external kernel modules include asm dir >> otherwise you guys would have noticed this a long time ago. > > Luis, I concur that the link is now broken. However that link is actually > simply superfulous now. Anything correctly using kernel 'external > module' support will be using the -I path from the kernel Makefiles. > They will therefore be including from /usr/src/<version>/include _and_ > /usr/src/<version>/arch/x86/include. I presume this is why we have not > noticed it. > > I will get that link removed however as it is simply bogus. > > -apw >
I just corrected the invalid link so that it points at asm-generic.
http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/974403
rtg -- Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com
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