You can simply modify the version string in the kernel's root Makefile. On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 12:08, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > If there's a page somewhere that explains this issue, please direct me > there before you write a lot of stuff down. I just cannot find the answer in > Google. > > I am quite unclear in the Linux kernel build process how to keep multiple > versions of the same kernel on the system when they require different > /lib/modules directories? How do I build the kernel such that I end up with > something like > > /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6-ver1 > /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6-ver2 > > and have the right directory associated with the appropriate kernel? > > I completely understand how to manage the bzImage file and grub to make > this work. I just don't get how to handle the modules part. > > Maybe I'm missing the point and somehow it can just be a single directory > with both version's modules in it, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. > I'm not clear if this is a Gentoo issue or just a Linux issue in general. > > The problem being addressed here is that I _had_ a working kernel using > gcc3.2, but then went to gcc3.3 and lost the modules I needed for the 3.2 > kernel image to work. I would have liked to keep them both. > > Thanks, > Mark > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >
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