3.7.1 (and linux-next): doesn't compile without CONFIG_ACPI

2012-12-24 Thread Alexei Colin
Hi, Is the following worth forwarding to the main list? It might be an artifact of my cross-compilation toolchain. Compilation without CONFIG_ACPI fails [1] because the headers include/acpi/* throw errors if included without CONFIG_ACPI. They are included unconditionally from two places: (1)

Re: Why can not install kernel headers?

2012-12-23 Thread Alexei Colin
On 12/23/2012 12:01 PM, mobile.parmenides wrote: I am reading an article about kernel header installtion, its links as follows: http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.32/Documentation/make/headers_install.txt#L11 Following a command given by the article: make headers_install

Link an out-of-tree module into vmlinux

2012-09-28 Thread Alexei Colin
Hello, Does the build system support building built-in components of vmlinux out-of-tree? That is, I know that these two are possible: (1) build out-of-tree code as a loadable kernel module (.ko) (use the M=/path/to/out-of-tree/dir) (2) build an in-tree module as a statically built-in component

Re: Link an out-of-tree module into vmlinux

2012-09-28 Thread Alexei Colin
Thank you for your reply. I am pursuing a slightly unusual goal: On 09/28/2012 02:01 PM, Dave Hylands wrote: On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Alexei Colin ale...@alexeicolin.com wrote: Does the build system support building built-in components of vmlinux out-of-tree? That is, I know