<snip> >>> >>> I'm not running Ubuntu, I'm looking at the 3.16.4-based kernel >>> source in our local LXR database reportedly from the Ubuntu >>> 14.10 linux-source package. IIRC, I ran 'make modules_prepare' >>> using the 14.10 kernel config file which is supposed to generate >>> the appropriate header files necessary for compiling out-of-tree >>> drivers, but the only thing in ./include/generated/utsrelease.h >>> is: >>> >>> #define UTS_RELEASE "3.16.4" >>> >>> How is it the stuff in /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname >>> -r`/include/generated/utsrelease.h is different? Is it >>> generated from a different config file or build scripts? >>> >> >> Sorry for the confusion. Yes, this particular identifier is >> generated in the Ubuntu distro linux packaging. > > So, are you saying the identifier will be found in a distro release > package (like a "linux-headers" package or something similar) but > *not* found in the Ubuntu linux-source-x.y.z package even after doing > some level of processing of the source in that package? If that is > the case, we will have to also load the Ubuntu linux-headers-x.y.z-n > package into our LXR database if we want to be able to find the > identifier to make Ubuntu-specific changes to our driver code. >
It's actually generated by the Linux Debian source packaging (for example in Ubuntu Trusty 3.13 kernel: http://zinc.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-trusty.git;a=blob;f=debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk;hb=HEAD This generates the file that eventually is packaged in the built linux-headers* Debian package. So, if you install something like 'linux-headers-`uname -r`', this will contain the generated file. This all being said, the original patch I submitted actually _doesn't_ use UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE. It greps for the affected function names and defines a macro in order to ifdef the appropriate C code. So it should work without having to update any database. Let me know if that patch is acceptable. Thanks, --chris j arges ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
