Re: MOL Modules Compilation weirdness
>>>> You should not have a /usr/src/linux directory. You might put
>>>> something there to help you avoid temptation:
>>>
>>> I'm curious... Why do you regard this as a bad thing to do?
>>
>> First of all, why would you have one special copy of the kernel
>> source? It's OK to have 42 copies or none at all. Giving a
>> special status to one of them is a strange thing to do.
>
> Not even if it is the source for the currently installed kernel?
Which one is that? I have eight currently installed kernels.
I could boot any one of them at any time.
$ ls /boot/vm*
/boot/vmlinux-2.2.19-pmac /boot/vmlinux-2.4.19-linuxppc
/boot/vmlinux-2.4.16 /boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-pre2
/boot/vmlinux-2.4.17-rc1-ben0 /boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-pre2-linuxppc-devel
/boot/vmlinux-2.4.19-ben0 /boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-rc1-ben0
One could argue for:
a. the kernel running right now
b. the kernel that would boot by default
c. the kernel I plan to choose when I reboot
It's better to choose "none of the above", so you're always
clear what is getting used.
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