From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262356AbTLAAuf (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:50:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262569AbTLAAuf (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:50:35 -0500 Received: from h80ad2462.async.vt.edu ([128.173.36.98]:49576 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262356AbTLAAud (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:50:33 -0500 Message-Id: <200312010050.hB10oR02008420@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Rudo Thomas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bug with extraversion in kernel-2.4.23 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Dec 2003 01:16:02 +0100." <20031201011602.A12652@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <1070229674.3fca68aaea488@webmail.tuxfamily.org> <20031201011602.A12652@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1954617174P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:50:26 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_-1954617174P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 01:16:02 +0100, Rudo Thomas said: > > The extraversion variable of the Makefile is very badly interpreted. > > When the kernel is installed, I have 2 directory of modules : > > /lib/modules/2.4.23 > > /lib/modules/2.4.23-fnux (my extraversion is -fnux) > > No way. The directory without -fnux is probably just a leftover from previous > make modules_install. When you run 2.4.23-fnux, you won't need it. On the other hand, you probably want to keep the 2.4.23(no-ext) directory around as well, so you can boot a 2.4.23 kernel to clean up after a broken build of a 2.4.23-fnux won't boot. There's a reason why my /lib/modules has 6 subdirectories - I have 6 bootable kernels sitting around, Just In Case (well... OK. 2 spares would probably be enough, but it's easier to do a "which -mm did the problem start?" regression if you have the most recent few handy to try.. ;) --==_Exmh_-1954617174P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE/ypBRcC3lWbTT17ARAubmAKCINqsWUXgAkmkk9xhycX944fGb9ACg/afu Gu0fftss6YurPJcpKzCQVWg= =kfKO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1954617174P--