Re: 2.4.0-test12kernel problem
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:41:23 -0900
Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 02:50:21PM -0200, Christoph Simon wrote:
> >
> > Actually, I did use this since quite a while, but then, there is at
> > least one situation, when it doesn't (can't) work: If I compile the
> > same kernel with different options (for instance to test tuning
> > options), calling them, say 2.2.18a and 2.2.18b, it will not read
> > normally The Right System.map file. It's a pitty, that this is not
> > taken from the kernel's name (vmlinux-2.2.18a). But of course this
> > isn't even possible since the kernel is loaded much earlier than any
> > file system...
>
> i assume you mean just compiling two different versions of plain
> 2.2.18, your correct you will have a collision on the
> System.map-2.2.18 files, but more importantly you will have a
> collision of /lib/modules/2.2.18. there is a very simple solution to
> this, edit the kernel top level Makefile and add a value to
> EXTRAVERSION. then your uname -r output will be say 2.2.18-1 and your
> System.map and modules will be named appropriately. and everything
> still finds it fine.
Nice token, thanks! It only happens when I mess around, so I wasn't
really bothering too much.
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Christoph Simon
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