From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 512 invoked by uid 1002); 20 Oct 2003 05:15:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 17554 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2003 05:15:16 -0000 From: Luke-Jr Organization: Gentoo Linux To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 05:15:06 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.9 Cc: Donnie Berkholz References: <1066617251.991.5.camel@sfa237013.richmond.edu> <3F9365A5.5000509@gentoo.org> <1066625988.5592.31.camel@sfa237013.richmond.edu> In-Reply-To: <1066625988.5592.31.camel@sfa237013.richmond.edu> GPG-Public-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD53E9583 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="shift_jis" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200310200515.12906.luke-jr@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Patches and the 2.4->2.6 move X-Archives-Salt: 411011b6-f53c-485a-b6a7-cd82af7e9435 X-Archives-Hash: 0739541c401ab04f1a54fc76f32c1374 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 October 2003 04:59 am, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > First, why check /usr/src/linux? IMHO, that link may or may not always > > be there or be correct. I recommend instead using the get_KV and > > KV_to_int functions defined in /sbin/functions.sh to determine what the > > machine is currently running. > > Because everything in Gentoo that needs a kernel should compile against > /usr/src/linux. pcmcia-cs does so, xfree-drm does so, nvidia-kernel does > so, ati-drivers does so ... IIRC, get_KV etc all check /usr/src/linux. Using functions to get the versi= on=20 would just make it easier if the policies on how to choose a kernel=20 changed... =2D --=20 Luke-Jr Developer, Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/ =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/k29eZl/BHdU+lYMRAr3PAJ9VrDfY2EoPTI01ZWm+3n0gFekf4ACff4If oAl+B/nOde0brzuzBzcamVQ=3D =3DqI/M =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list