Re: ide-probe.c:400: `rtc_lock' undeclared and /lib/modules/..../build

Mike A. Harris
2000-11-08T03:49:18Z

On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

>Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:11:57 +0000 (GMT)
>From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
>To: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
>Cc: Tomasz Motylewski <motyl@stan.chemie.unibas.ch>,
> Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Subject: Re: ide-probe.c:400: `rtc_lock' undeclared and
> /lib/modules/..../build
>
>> Agreed, I was unhappy that the build symlink was added to 2.2 kernels.
>> Now you need modutils >= 2.3.14 for 2.2 kernels :(. But nobody asks
>> me, I'm just the kernel module.[ch] and modutils maintainer.
>
>Actually they do. I agree that it wants sorting. Im just wondering what the
>best approach is - maybe check modutils rev and only add the link if its high
>enough ?

What if build-machine != machine-kernel-was-built-for?

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