Re: Why dependance of linux kernel on linux-kernel-headers package ?

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

On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 01:52:26PM +0530, Chaitanya Hazarey wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to know about some things regarding the current scheme of
> things in the linux kernel compilation procedure on Debian machines.
> 
> Its a bicth  is that if I have to compile  specific modules against a
> specific kernel version ( against  header files from that specific
> version ).
> 
> The problem being that because of the kernel-headers package, the gcc
> (in kernel make procedure) will pick up the kernel headers from the
> package specific directories but not from the /usr/src/linux path
> where my specific files reside.
> 
> The work-around though simple that to change the -I in the gcc path is
> not simple as the frame-work is like very rigid about the headers path
> in the linux kernel.
> 
> 
> How do I make my kernel to take the kernel headers from an alternate
> location. There should have been an alternate way to specify at a
> single location the alternate configuration of the header file
> location. But this does not seem to be the case.

export KSRC=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

Friendly,

Sven Luther