Re: 2.5.37+ i386 arch split broke external module builds

James Bottomley (James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com)
Wed, 02 Oct 2002 18:09:46 -0400


alexamici@tiscali.it said:
> comments are welcome,

-#include "irq_vectors.h"
+#ifdef CONFIG_VISWS
+#include <asm/mach-visws/irq_vectors.h>
+#else
+#include <asm/mach-generic/irq_vectors.h>
+#endif

I'm afraid the whole purpose of the code was to get away from this type of
#ifdef problem. If you do this, every new mach-type added to i386 has to
modify a bunch of kernel headers.

dwmw2@infradead.org said:
> make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=`pwd` modules

This looks like a clean solution to me, since most kernel packages install
this module build directory.

James

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