Hi Felix: The instructions provided have been tested using a vanilla Linux kernel obtained from kernel.org. However, if you're using a Linux distribution obtained from another source (RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.) the distro creators may have altered the kernel build mechanism to meet their own needs. (Indeed, I'm starting to suspect that this is true for most/all Linux distributions.) This would explain why the README file that is mentioned in the user guide isn't visible to you ... it may well be present, but moved to a different location.
If I'm right about this, I also suspect that there is a good chance that the mechanism for rebuilding the Linux kernel will vary from one distro to the next, making it essentially impossible for the user guide to provide detailed instructions. In this case, all I can think of is to update the user guide to clarify that the instructions provided are for use with a vanilla kernel, and to advise users to consult the documentation that comes with their distro for instructions on rebuidling the kernel. Martin, you seem to be a lot more familiar with the way in which Linux distributions are put together, so you might wish to comment about this ... Regards, Al -----Original Message----- From: Nayman Felix-QA5535 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:27 PM To: Stephens, Allan; Martin Peylo Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [tipc-discussion] Installing TIPC 1.7.5 Al, Ok, after looking at it a second time, I've noticed that they are the same (I misread part of the file the first time) so sorry for the confusion but regardless step 4 of the installation says the following: # Rebuild and install the kernel in the normal manner. eg. make If you are building TIPC as a loadable module, build net/tipc/tipc.ko and install it in the standard manner. Note: The README file in the top level directory of the kernel source tree provides a more complete description of how to build the Linux kernel and loadable modules. Where is this README file? Also, I'm forwarding some comments from Terry when he tried to build TIPC and had problems because there is no top-level make file any longer: This is still not correct. It now needs to be built as part of the kernel because I see that the makefile has changed to reflect that. bash-3.1# make net/tipc/tipc.ko make: *** No rule to make target `net/tipc/tipc.ko'. Stop. Thanks, Felix -----Original Message----- From: Stephens, Allan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:47 AM To: Nayman Felix-QA5535; Martin Peylo Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [tipc-discussion] Installing TIPC 1.7.5 Hi Felix: Can you be more specific about the incorrect information you encountered? As far as I can tell, the user guide in the TIPC 1.7.5 bundle (tipc_users_guide.txt, which is dated "24 July 2007" at the start of the file) is identical to the one available on the TIPC web site. -- Al -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nayman Felix-QA5535 Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:37 PM To: Martin Peylo Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [tipc-discussion] Installing TIPC 1.7.5 I wasn't accidentally looking at it, because here's the link: http://tipc.sourceforge.net/doc/tipc_1.7_users_guide.html#installation. It appears that the information here is incorrect, but the users guide that comes with the tar ball is correct. Someone should update the link. Thanks, Felix -----Original Message----- From: Martin Peylo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:26 AM To: Nayman Felix-QA5535 Subject: Re: [tipc-discussion] Installing TIPC 1.7.5 Hi Felix, I guess you accidentially were looking at the users guide of 1.5/1.6. Chapter four of the tipc_users_guide.txt, included in tipc-1.7.5-bundle.tar.gz explains the build process. In case you don't want to build the whole kernel but only the tipc module you can just do /usr/src/linux$ make net/tipc/tipc.ko after updating the TIPC part of the kernel sources matching your kernel version as described in the users guide. Best regards, Martin On Feb 6, 2008 5:46 PM, Nayman Felix-QA5535 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We are trying to install TIPC(1.7.5) as a loadable module, but the > documentation in the users guide does not appear to match the source code. > There is no README file or Makefile at the top level. Is there still > the ability to build tipc as a stand-alone module? > > Thanks, > Felix > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > tipc-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tipc-discussion > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. 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