From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling for an unbooted kernel
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:52:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200810092052.29015.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48EE4F71.3000707@googlemail.com>
On Thursday 09 October 2008 20:37:37 Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de schrieb am 09.10.2008 20:25:
> > thanks for help. But let me come back to my initial question:
> >
> > Is it possible to compile the source of the nvidia driver interface
> > for a currently compiled but unbooted kernel ?
>
> Does the nvidia-driver really need the kernel for which it will be
> compiled running?
No.
Drivers are compiled for the current *configured* kernel.
The running kernel is utterly and completely irrelevant. The compiler wants
linux-headers, a configured set of kernel sources and other bits. Running
kernel does not feature in this.
The *configured* kernel is defined by whatever /usr/src/linux is pointing to.
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-09 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-09 17:48 [gentoo-user] Compiling for an unbooted kernel meino.cramer
2008-10-09 18:15 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-10-09 18:25 ` meino.cramer
2008-10-09 18:37 ` Daniel Pielmeier
2008-10-09 18:52 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2008-10-09 19:15 ` Daniel Pielmeier
2008-10-09 19:03 ` [gentoo-user] " 7v5w7go9ub0o
2008-10-09 20:26 ` [gentoo-user] " Dirk Heinrichs
2008-10-09 23:32 ` David Wei
2008-10-09 18:25 ` Paul Hartman
2008-10-09 18:32 ` meino.cramer
2008-10-09 18:38 ` Sascha Hlusiak
2008-10-09 18:39 ` Paul Hartman
2008-10-10 6:19 ` Stroller
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