Re: build -->/usr/src/linux

[Marvin Stodolsky <stodolsk@rcn.com>]

Russell

Thanks for responding.  But I would still like to understand what the
functionality is of the build --> /usr/src/linuc.  Is it dispensable,
once the module tree has been installed? 

Incidentally, per below, my own modutils is current, though some of the
folks using our ltmodem.o compiler/installer kits may indeed need to
update. 
> You need to update your modutils package - there have been a number of
> important bug fixes, including some which allow it to work properly with
> 2.4 kernels.

# insmod -V
insmod version 2.4.2
# grep " # " /usr/src/linux-2.4.3/Documentation/Changes
o  Gnu C                  2.91.66                 # gcc --version
o  Gnu make               3.77                    # make --version
o  binutils               2.9.1.0.25              # ld -v
o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
o  modutils               2.4.2                   # insmod -V
etc.

MarvS


> Russell King wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 09:47:06AM -0500, Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
> > It's presence has required some gymnastics, per below, during module
> > installation for the Winmodem driver, ltmodem.o requiring a subsequent
> > "depmod -a"
> 
> You need to update your modutils package - there have been a number of
> important bug fixes, including some which allow it to work properly with
> 2.4 kernels.
> 
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