Hi http://www.kernelnewbies.org/faq/#compile says: Unpack the tarball in your /usr/src directory Later on in the kernel headers entry there's a link to a mail by Linus who says: I would suggest that people who compile new kernels should: - NOT do so in /usr/src. Leave whatever kernel (probably only the header files) that the distribution came with there, but don't touch it. - compile the kernel in their own home directory, as their very own selves. No need to be root to compile the kernel. You need to be root to _install_ the kernel, but that's different. And then goes on to say: Is there some documentation file that I've not updated and that people are slavishly following outdated information in? I don't read the documentation myself, so I'd never notice ;) (ref: http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0007.3/0587.html) Should the Kernelnewbies FAQ be promoting something that was deprecated in Jul 2000 <grin> I suggest (almost) globally substituting "~/kernel" for "/usr/src" would work (and would require no additional typing) (The exception is in the 'What is System.map" where /usr/src should be retained) David PS Apologies if I've missed something here and there's a good reason for compiling in /usr/src... Also this isn't the wiki so I can't fix it :( -- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
