Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Building Kernel Modules with custom kernel trees
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:01:00
Message-Id: 20060125155320.2978f68b@krikkit.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Building Kernel Modules with custom kernel trees by Harald Arnesen
1 On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:05:21 +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote:
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3 > > Portage doesn't build the modules in /usr/src, but it uses
4 > > the /usr/src/linux symlink to determine the kernel for which you wish
5 > > to build the modules; which may not be the same as returned by uname
6 > > -r.
7
8 > And that is a bug, in my opinion.
9
10 It provides the opportunity to build modules for a new kernel before
11 booting into it, which uname -r does not.
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15 Neil Bothwick
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17 Trekkers work out in the `He's Dead Gym'.

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