I correct the typo: So may you confirm that I should keep the new headers for step 1 and 2 and reinstall the old one after (as Kyle told me)? On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Ryad Ben-El-Kezadri <ryad.bek@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Sorry, I was not clear enough: > I need to > 1)first patch the NEW kernel (to have better time support. I want to add > the patch of Alexander Gordeev for better PPS(=Pulse Per Second) support) > 2)then compile some apps in userland (mainly pps-tools which is needed by > LinuxPPS). > Specially the LinuxPPS group say concerning the installation of pps-tools* > "Optionally*, when we have older header files, we update the header files > using the versions from your new kernel. > > $ cd /usr/include > $ mv linux linux.old > $ mv asm asm.old > $ mv asm-generic asm-generic.old > $ ln -s /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux linux > $ ln -s /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/arch/x86/include/asm asm > > $ ln -s /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/asm-generic asm-generic" > > So may can confirm that I should keep the new headers for step 1 and 2 > and reinstall the old one after (as Kyle told me)? > > Ryad > > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Ryad Ben-El-Kezadri >> <ryad.bek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Indeed, I made a mistake: >> > the new headers are installed at the end of the installation process >> > with (see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel): >> > su -c 'rpm -ivh kernel-<version>.<arch>.rpm >> > kernel-firmware-<version>.<arch>.rpm >> > kernel-headers-<version>.<arch>.rpm kernel-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm' >> > >> > But still the problem is the same: >> > I need to >> > 1)first patch the kernel >> > 2)then compile some apps in userland >> > >> > and I do not know what kernel headers version (old or new) to use for >> step 1 >> > and step 2. >> > >> > Ryad >> > >> > PS: here is what I got when I do >> > rpm -qa | grep kernel-headers >> > kernel-headers-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686 >> > kernel-headers-2.6.35.6-43.fc13.i686 >> >> If you don't know what kernel version you need to patch, we certainly >> won't either. Especially when we have no idea why you need to patch >> it, or what the patch does. >> >> Also, building applications against kernel headers is a practice that >> is generally discouraged overall. >> >> josh >> > > _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
