> If your use of 'raw' is the same as mine ("the kernel's own > headers, not sanitised for userspace"), this is definitely a very > bad idea for 2.6. Fortunately, the kernel can now sanitise its own > headers, which is what we do when we build LFS (fedora uses this, > distros will undoubtedly move to this, at least for the main > architectures). But only the other day somebody had problems caused > by repeating the book's instructions on a running system.
I am a bit confused by "sanitise its own headers". I have heard rumor that the raw kernel headers are recently "behaving" thereby rendering the linux-headers package/project irrellavent/obsolete. Is this true, or do I just not understand the meaning of something? Thanks, Craig Jackson (TheEpitome) -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page