Re: make-kpkg fail: can't find modversions.h (compiling pcmcia-modules)

[Mark Phillips <mark@ist.flinders.edu.au>]

> >>"Mark" == Mark Phillips <mark@ist.flinders.edu.au> writes:
> 
>  Mark> I think this is the problem.  I shouldn't have to do the configuring
>  Mark> myself because make-kpkg should do it for me.  For some reason it
>  Mark> seems that it doesn't.  It sounds like a bug with make-kpkg.
> 
>        No, this is pilot error. Please read the documentation that
>  comes with kernel-package; it details exactly what one needs to do. 

I thought I was following the documentation, but it sounds like I
misread it.

I presume you are talking about the "README.modules" file?  I did
follow these instructions, except that I have always been under the
impression that the first "step 3)" was optional.  If I summarise the
steps:

1) Install modules source

2) Do "make menuconfig"

3) If you want a kernel-image do "make-kpkg --revision number
kernel_image"

3) If you want a modules package "make-kpkg --revision number
modules_image"

4) Use "dpkg -i" to install. 

I thought that the first of these "step 3)"s was only necessary if you
wanted a new kernel-image package.  Are you saying that the first
"step 3)" is necessary even if you already have an appropriate kernel
image?  I thought I had skipped this step in the past without difficulty.  
But perhaps I had done the kernel compilation earlier without doing a 
clean and that's why it worked???

Anyway, it sounds like I have misunderstood.  Perhaps an extra little
note that this step is not optional as well as giving the two steps
separate numbers would help avoid such missunderstandings.

The other thing I might mention, is that a number of the files,
"README.modules", "README.tecra" etc etc, do not appear in the
/usr/doc/kernel-package directory.  Then are in the
/usr/lib/kernel-package/ directory.  I only found them by doing a
"locate" command.  Perhaps it would be useful to make links to these
files so they show up in the /usr/doc/kernel-package directory?

By the way, I hope my comments aren't coming across as me being
critical of the kernel-package.  I think Manoj has done a great job
with this utility.  I am just making the comments so that things can
be made even better, and so that future people don't make the same
mistakes I have made.

Cheers,

Mark.



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