Re: [Ltib] config option use BSP kernel headers with >= linux-2.6.17

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Aaron,

>From what I recall 'make headers_install' is not sufficient on all
platforms to provide the required interface.  IIRC the
PKG_KERNEL_WANT_HEADERS leaves the actual kernel headers unpacked so
that some packages can reach indirectly and grab what they want.

Regards, Stuart

On 19/03/13 19:35, Aaron Wegner wrote:
> Going through the Git log of the Linux kernel it seems like there has been
> a basic implementation of 'make headers_install' since about 2.6.17.  I
> was trying to install the headers of a 3.8 kernel and running into some
> problems.  I seemed to be able to overcome these by editing
> dist/lfs-5.1/kernel/kernel-common.tmpl and replacing the
> PKG_KERNEL_WANT_HEADERS section with the following.
> 
> if [ -n "$PKG_KERNEL_WANT_HEADERS" ]
> then
>     make ARCH=$LINTARCH HOSTCC="$BUILDCC"
> INSTALL_HDR_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{pfx}/usr/src/linux headers_install
> fi
> 
> Maybe this could be a patch?  Not exactly sure how to specify the
> condition that the kernel version is greater than or equal to one in which
> the 'make headers_install' is working well, but for recent kernels the
> current LTIB spec file fails since the includes are reordered from the old
> way.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> 
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