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On Saturday 31 October 2009 22:06:35 Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes: |
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> > Nikos is being kind to the document writers :-) |
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> Thanks for saving me from the Dunce cap...hehe. |
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> But I might yet acquire full rights to it.. |
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> So, is the symlink not really necessary? Doe something look at |
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> /usr/src/linux for files? |
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Yes, almost every app that installs kernel drivers will go to /usr/src/linux/ |
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looking for kernel sources |
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> For example, if you cd 'ed into the sources top dir. And started |
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> `make' (after the makeconfig step), would it matter if there was a |
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> symlink or not? |
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It doesn't matter at all. There's a Makefile in that directory and it will do |
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whatever it's supposed to do. The symlink to it is irrelevant and is only |
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there as a shortcut with a known name |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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