[SLL] make config - too many questions

[Brian C. Lane]

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Mathew D. Watson wrote:

> Jarod's comment about not needing to build the kernel surprised me, as
> Corbet et al. state on page 15 (6th ed.) "[B]uilding modules for 2.6.x
> requires that you have a configured and built kernel tree on your
> system." The same theme is reiterated in later in the chapter, so I'm
> sure they meant it.
> 
> I guess I'll just have to try making a loadable module both ways at some
> point to see what really is required.
> 

You might want to take a look at the official Ubuntu wiki on Kernel
Building - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile

It is likely to be more up to date than a book.

Brian

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