[SLL] make config - too many questions

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 11:05 -0800, Mathew D. Watson wrote:
>  FWIW, I am reading Corbet's "Linux Device Drivers", and it says I
> need 
> to configure and build a kernel before I can work on loadable modules 
> (which I want to learn about).

Hrm. That's... Not actually true. If your distro kernel permits loadable
modules (most do), then all you need is your kernel's headers installed,
and you can build (most) out-of-tree modules to your heart's content.
That's pretty much a requirement for things like dkms to work...


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