Re: Building local kernels from Debian sources

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 10:43:55AM +0900, Horms wrote:
> >         * Are there hooks for building external modules?
> 
> No

Well, this is something that needs more documentation. Basically, you need the
linux-headers-<version>, and then set KSRC=/lib/modules/<version>/build, which
is the default for many external modules, and stuff will builf dor itself
without problems. What exactly did you expect by 'hooks' ?

> >   * Which role does module-assistant play here?
> >     * If one builds kernels with make-kpkg, should one make use of make-kpkg
> >     also build the modules, or should one use module-assistant instead?
> 
> That I am also unsure about.

This is something which needs to be sorted out in a new external module policy
which i had hoped to get written for 2.6.14, but as 2.6.4 got released today
...

Friendly,

Sven Luther