Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.18 [Solved]
I'm definitely over my head in this debate and will happily defer to those
who know more about the issues involved. However, I will say that for my
situation I far prefer compiling in /usr/src/kernel-sources-* than in a
generic /usr/src/linux symlink. I have several different kernel configs
(and even one different kernel version) for different computers; I keep
them all in a centralized /usr/src, and I compile them all on one
machine. It would be very clumsy to have to rm and ln /usr/src/linux every
time I wanted to switch which kernel I'm working on. And I've never had a
problem compiling the modules, including separate ones like pcmcia-cs and
openafs.
ap
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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:59:32AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Paul E Condon wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > Also here, the tarball must be untarred, which I figured out myself, and
> > >
> >
> > Sorry - forgot that step!
> >
> > > there must be a softlink
> > > /usr/src/linux that points to
> > > /usr/src/kernel-sources-2.4.18,
> > > which was pointed out to me by Griz Inabnit
> > >
> >
> > No, you do not need such a link. It works fine to compile in
> > /usr/src/kernel-sources-2.4.18. If you prefer to compile in /usr/src/linux
> > then you need the link. If you prefer to compile in /usr/src/disneyland
> > then you need a symlink there.
> >
>
> To expand on my earlier post: Some module selections require the link. If
> you don't request compilation of a module that requires the link, you don't
> need the link. But I know of no way to know, a priori, which modules do
> require the link. I know that for the particular .config that I created
> the link was necessary. In this case, your mileage really does vary.
>
> I think it would be a useful addition to make-kpkg to have it put in this
> link. It costs very little in computer resources, and it saves some users
> from an initial failed kernel build.
>
>
>
>
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> > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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> >
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