-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Once upon a time Sunday 25 April 2004 12:54 pm, Warren Togami wrote: > 2.6 kernel modules DO NOT NEED the kernel source in order to build. The > headers supplied in /lib/modules/VERSION/build/include are generally all > kernel modules need to build against. In most cases a module needs > fixing if it does not live up to this rule, or maybe just the build > procedure. > > Warren Yes they should only need whats in /lib/modules/VERSION/build/include but in practice they seem to redirect to the kernel source i have found this true in both rpm installed kerenls and ones i have built myself. but regardless you still need write access in /lib/modules/VERSION/build/include to be able to build external modules i have written a make file for the new ixj module and the main line you need to build the modules is make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/home/dennis/ixj-3.3.0 modules which on execution takes me straight into the kerenl tree make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.332' Maybe im just plain doing something wrong. Please let me know if i am. Dennis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAiy3QkSxm47BaWfcRAmq1AJwNWztB6ozq+zb5Ch8qgbXgYgXUBQCePccP h+1XfDyT7Sr68z3PH+IpFL0= =4yQR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
