[dundee] kernel compilation

[Mark Harrigan]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 11:43:11PM +0100, Andrew Clayton wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 22:22, Mark Harrigan wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 10:07:54PM +0100, keirlawson@btopenworld.com wrote:
> > > can somebody direct me to a site about kernel compilation (newbie) or email me some instructions as to how to recompile a kernel.  i need to have the latest one to fix the fuzzy sound.
> > 
> > To be honest the best explaination is supplied with the kernel,
> > download it, uncompress it to /usr/src/linux and read the README. Do
> 
> It is probably ok to use /usr/src/linux in newer distros, but older
> distros used to have symlinks from /usr/include/linux and
> /usr/include/asm to the right bits of /usr/src/linux
> 
> The usr/src/linux HAD to match the version of libc/glibc installed. So
> putting a new kernel source in there would be a major problem. Today,
> certainly with Red Hat, you have a glibc-kernelheaders package which
> contains /usr/inlcude/linux and /usr/include/asm so the symlinking is
> gone.
> 
> http://www.kernelnewbies.org/faq/index.php3#headers
> 
> 
> Anyways I always just use a src directory of my home.
> 

Hmm, I've always wondered why people had an obsession about
/usr/src/linux, thanks for clearing that up.

I've only compiled kernels on Redhat 6 or newer and you don't run into
it so I'd hope it's gone now... as does Linus from that e-mail. :)

Mark