Oleg Pikhurko wrote:
>
> On 21 Feb 2001, John Summerfield wrote:
>
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Summerfield
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 6:00 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: Missing kernel-headers in latest 2.2.17 update?
> > > >
> > > > The correct kernel headers to have in place are those used to
> > > > compile your glibc. You do not want other kernel headers. Ever.
> > > > Not even if you run a 2.5 kernel on RHL 6.0.
> > > >
> > > > Additionally, you should not put the kernel source in
> > > > /usr/src/linux because (prior to RHL 7.x) that stuffs up the
> > > > kernel headers.
> > >
> > > Umm... when you are compiling a kernel module, it DEFINITELY needs to be
> > > compiled with the kernel headers
> > > of the kernel it will run under. Kernel modules have no knowledge of glibc
> > > and are completely unaffected
> >
> > but they should not be using anything from the kernel-headers package. They
> > want the headers from the source tree.
> >
> > > by it. RHL7 at least lets you have a separate /usr/src/linux so that, if
> > > done right, products like
> > > VMware can find the headers of the running kernel.....
> >
> > I don't know about VMWare, but if it expects to find the headers for the
> > active kernel in /usr/include it's broken.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers
> > John Summerfield
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> Dear John,
>
> Sorry I am not an expert in linux. All what you write sounds reasonable
> and should be correct. But I do not understand why then I get error
> messages when trying to compile kernel in the _freshly installed_ RH70?
> Any suggestion would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Oleg
>
> # rpm -qa | grep kernel
> kernelcfg-0.6-9
> kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-22
> kernel-utils-2.2.16-22
> kernel-2.2.16-22
> kernel-ibcs-2.2.16-22
> kernel-source-2.2.16-22
> kernel-headers-2.4.0-0.26
> kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-22
>
do 'make mrproper' first. The kernel sources have some
left overs that shouldn't be there
> make config
if you want the default Red Hat config copy one
from configs/ and do 'make oldconfig'
or 'make menuconfig' so the copied config
gets used.
> make dep
> make bzdisk 2> log
-Thoams
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