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Re: Compiling a kernel



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On 10/22/06 09:36, cothrige wrote:
> * John O'Hagan (johnohagan@iprimus.com.au) wrote:
>> Hi Patrick,
> 
> Hello John,
>  
[snip]
>> If you are recompiling a kernel with the same version name, you must 
>> move /lib/modules/[$KERNEL_VERSION] out of the way (you are warned if you 
>> forget!), or you can use the --revision or --append-to-version options to 
>> avoid this.

Or edit the CONFIG_LOCALVERSION line of /usr/src/linux/.config.

> This is new to me.  Will these flags stop clobbering of my modules?

Yes.

> If so, that is a very cool feature.  I forget to move my modules at
> least half of the time and it really stinks.  I think it is because in
> Slack since I was going from a 2.4 to a 2.6 it never seemed to
> matter.  I am going to do some reading on this.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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