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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] asm*/resource.h fix for glibc
From:       Jamie Lokier <lkd () tantalophile ! demon ! co ! uk>
Date:       1999-12-17 14:35:52
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Richard Guenther wrote:
> IF you do user-mode programs which need access to linux-specific header
> files you should use configure to test, whether the needed feature is in
> the glibc linux/* headers, and if not you should use a version distributed
> by _your_ software-package! I.e. you do the cp on your self, sort of a
> linux_feature_cdrom_dosomeneatstuff_ioctl.h in your source-package.

I like that solution.  It's not small, but it works always.

> With compiling kernel modules distributed seperately, one should go the
> way MEC suggested some weeks ago (a directory in the kernel source,
> where you can drop in the module source and use standard make configure &&
> make modules).

That only works if you can find the right kernel source directory!

Today I was inspired by a new part of Red Hat's boot process.  It makes
a file in /boot containing some kernel parameters.

Which leads to an obvious thought.  How about a Makefile fragment in
/boot/config.mk that sets the appropriate CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS etc?  It's in
/boot because it reflects the kernel you're booting...

-- Jamie

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