On Thursday 27 January 2005 18:10, Gaurav Dhiman wrote: > --- Jean-Francois Ndi <jeanf.ndi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Thursday 27 January 2005 17:01, Gaurav Dhiman > > > > wrote: > > > whats the reason that we shud not use /usr/src/* > > > location to compile the modules. Is the kernel > > > > source > > > > > code in this directory not complete ? > > > > It can be. Don't rely on it. > > > > > And how does /lib/modules/* have more than one > > > > kernel > > > > > sources in it ..... when i installed the linux 7.2 > > > > on > > > > > my machine, it did not create different > > > > directories > > > > > under /lib/modules/, i can not find any kernel > > > > sources > > > > > or include files under /lib/modules/. I only have > > > kernel sources installed in /usr/src/* > > > > The problem would be different if you were running > > different kernels (for > > instance in 2.6, one with PREEMPT enable and the > > other not) > > Yes the prob will be there if my running kernel is of > different version from the sources of the kernel I > have in /usr/src/* , but I always assume (as i did not > faced any prob yet) I had. > that the running kernel have its > sources in /usr/src/* This is a deprecated rule AFAIK. If i am wrong please tell me. > Well I think it does not matter where the sources are > placed in your filesystem, The contrary would be a nightmare ;) Regards, J-F -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
