Re: ANN: LKMB (Linux Kernel Module Builder) version 0.1.16

Shlomi Fish
2003-01-17T18:19:32Z

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 07:00:58PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> >
> > Do you mean I'll need a live Linux kernel to build the kernel module
> > package?
>
> Yes, you fundamentally need the full kernel to compile a module.
> Modules may refer to different headers, and some may even be arch specific.
>
> The trick dwmw2 gave you is the only _sane_ way to build a module.
>

Yes I gathered it from him and #kernelnewbies. In the future I want
CLAN to be able to package entire kernels. But I'll guess I'll cross the
bridge when I get there, and there's no need to overengineer now.

Regards,

Shlomi Fish

> Sam
>

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