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Alex Bennee wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> However with all kernels you should be able to detrmine the root via |
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> uname -r: |
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> malory / # ls -l "/lib/modules/`uname -r`" |
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> total 212 |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jan 15 17:16 build |
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> -> /home/alex/src/kernel/linux-2.6 |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jan 15 17:16 source |
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> -> /home/alex/src/kernel/linux-2.6 |
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> There really is no need to force people to build as root under /usr/src |
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> so is it possible to educate portage to use the uname method to |
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> determine the root of the kernel tree for building kernel modules? |
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You could add the following command to /etc/conf.d/local.start: |
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ln -sf /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build /usr/src/linux |
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In this way the symbolic link will be updated to point at the kernel you are |
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currently running every time your computer starts up. |
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/Bo |
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