From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262315AbTJXPxx (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:53:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262323AbTJXPxx (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:53:53 -0400 Received: from smtp2.actcom.co.il ([192.114.47.15]:32405 "EHLO smtp2.actcom.co.il") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262315AbTJXPxw (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:53:52 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:53:44 +0200 From: Muli Ben-Yehuda To: Pavel Roskin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Copying .config to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel Message-ID: <20031024155343.GP5017@actcom.co.il> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nzRVTedY3Q7hsbEF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --nzRVTedY3Q7hsbEF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 04:26:12AM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Cannot we just install .config to the same directory as modules? If What's wrong with /lib/modules/version/build/.config?=20 > kernel doesn't support modules, then there is no point to compile any new > modules against it. But if it does, then we can be sure that the modules > correspond to that configuration file, because the modules and .config > would be installed by the same command. you need the build symlink to compile a module against this kernel anyway, because you need its includes, not to mention its build system.=20 Cheers,=20 Muli=20 --=20 Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org | http://www.livejournal.com/~mulix "the nucleus of linux oscillates my world" - gccbot@#offtopic --nzRVTedY3Q7hsbEF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mUsHKRs727/VN8sRAgwOAJ9ZNNUwA52choXT6yzGrSNM2g1n9wCfT4UM TM2dBS4sera9zwPnNjxzBg8= =5cY2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nzRVTedY3Q7hsbEF--