Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system?

[4Front Technologies <dev@opensound.com>]

BTW, why is Mandriva the only distro to turn OFF REGPARM?. Again, I think 
distros shouldn't be given an option to turn it off if its a good thing to have.

Are there any good reasons why REGPARM is turned off?.

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Yet one more reason to have something like kernel-config (similar to gtk-config 
or xmms-config) where you can get the package's cflags, ldflags, other info.

for example

kernel-config --cflags should say -DUSE_REGPARM -I/lib/modules/blah/blah

kernel-config --libdir should say where the lib/modules/blah/blah

kernel-config --srcdir should say where the kernel sources are installed or not 
installed.

kernel-config --configsrc should configure the kernel source with the running
kernel's configuration.

kernel-config --installsrc should automatically download the RIGHT source from 
the net. Right now if you go on Ubuntu or Mandrake and you try to install kernel 
source - you get the option of stripped source, kernel-headers, kernel-2.6.blah 
which may not be installed.

Any comments?



best regards
Dev Mazumdar
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