[Nottingham] kernel.h

[Matthew Sackman]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 02:39:50PM -0000, Peter Woods wrote:
> Missing kernel.h
> 
> I had assumed (wrongly) that the Nvidia
> driver would not compile and install against
> the new kernel without the headers.
> 
> As it happened, it went in without a problem.
> BUT will I be able to compile other stuff
> from source?

Generally yes. Nothing that you should compile should rely on anything
in the kernel headers. The only case where I've ever needed to have
up-to-date kernel headers is when compiling directFB. So generally, no,
you do not need it.

Matthew
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