compiling netfilter modules outside of kernel tree

compiling netfilter modules outside of kernel tree

[Krishna Ramachandran]

Hi,
      I am facing a sort of a deployment issue ... I need to install a 
netfilter module i developed on several Linux systems. I understand that 
it is easiest to compile a netfilter module inside the kernel tree. 
However, it'd be impossible for me to ask each of the users to install 
the kernel source and then compile my module. I am hoping that there is 
a better way to do this. I'd appreciate any help you can provide.

Thanks in advance,
Krishna

Re: compiling netfilter modules outside of kernel tree

[Henrik Nordstrom]

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Krishna Ramachandran wrote:

>       I am facing a sort of a deployment issue ... I need to install a 
> netfilter module i developed on several Linux systems. I understand that 
> it is easiest to compile a netfilter module inside the kernel tree. 
> However, it'd be impossible for me to ask each of the users to install 
> the kernel source and then compile my module. I am hoping that there is 
> a better way to do this. I'd appreciate any help you can provide.

Compiling kernel modules outside of the kernel is a little tricky. To
correctly compile a kernel module for a kernel you must have access to the
exact same kernel headers after "make dep" as when the kernel was built.

Regards
Henrik