Re: kernels, header files, modules and a read-only /usr

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> But this still isn't foolproof (speaking from the fools POV:).  If you
> build the source with SMP, say with KERNELRELEASE=2.4.20-18.9smp this
> results in a set of modules versioned for this configuration of the
> kernel.  Then if you rebuild the source for a uniprocessor kernel (say
> KERNELRELEASE=2.4.20-18.9), you'll find that both
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/build/include and
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9smp/build/include point to the same include
> directory.  This happens using the redhat supplied config files.
> 
> This is a problem, since the module version files are different (in
> include/linux/modules/*.ver) for the two different configurations of
> the same kernel source.  I currently rebuild the kernel (up through
> "make dep") to re-generate the module info when building add-on modules
> for different kernel "flavors".

well the kernel we has both in the same files with #ifdef's to
automatically pick the right one...... unless you do make dep to nuke
all those.

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