On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 22:01 +0100, luxInteg wrote: > On Wednesday 11 May 2011 16:32:06 Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote: > > On 05/11/2011 05:31 PM, luxInteg wrote: > > > On Tuesday 10 May 2011 20:23:43 Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote: > > >> On 05/10/2011 07:23 PM, luxInteg wrote: > > >>> greetings > > >>> > > >>> I normally compile stuff as an ordinary user, but I noticed in this > > >>> area people often compile as root as kernel modules are involved. I > > >>> note xenomai can be compiled either as user or root so is there a > > >>> preferred way ? > > >> > > >> As others have said, compile as ordinary user, run make install or make > > >> modules_install as root, or run "sudo make install". Another reason for > > >> running "make install" as root, is that root privilege is also required > > >> to create the device nodes (/dev/rtheap, /dev/rtp*) needed by Xenomai > > >> applications. > > > > > > yes this is my rule of thumb too > > > > > > However as I read through the install file in the xenomai tarball I > > > noticed there was only reference to 'make install' (at least on x86 > > > platforms). i did this and did not bother with running make. Is this > > > acceptable? > > > > As we already told you, it is preferable to run > > make > > then > > sudo make install > > > > For reasons already explained in the three answers you received. > > so perhaps you should update the INSTALL file that accompany released > tarballs of xenomai then?
Do not hesitate to contribute such update since you are now well aware of the issue, a simple patch would do. Anything which may help the Xenomai maintainers to cope with the workload involved in bringing you that software is welcome. > > _______________________________________________ > Xenomai-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/xenomai-help -- Philippe. _______________________________________________ Xenomai-help mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/xenomai-help
