On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Frank McCormick wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:28:41 -0400 Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <ghostbar38@gmail.com> wrote:Frank McCormick wrote:I downloaded and installed the source for the current kernel, which aptitude dumped into /usr/src. Reading the readme, one of the first things it says is " DO NOT USE THE /usr/src area" because that is where the headers for libc I guess are stored. What is up here ?Well, I always store there all the sources related with my kernel, modules, etc... I haven't get any problem... BTW, remember doing the symlink to /usr/src/linux from your kernel-source.Well then why the warning from the Kernel developers? And what's this about symlinking? Symlinking what to what ?Anybody? Where do people dump their kernel source anyway??? Cheers Frank
When I compile my own kernels, I usually put them in /usr/local/src/ , then make a symlink from linux-version to kernel. That way, when a new kernel comes out i just remove the symlink from the old to the new. I find it's easier to do it that way when I have to recompile modules, that way I always point the config to /usr/local/src/kernel . I leave /usr/src out, because thats where the debian kernel source files will go if I need to download them and I dont want things to get confused.
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