[Emc-developers] Compiling with kernel 2.6.5

[Kirill 'B. K' K. <kk...@po...>]

I looked at the kernel build system as it comes in version 2.6.5, and it
appears that it does not handle external modules correctly; for example,
external modules have an implicit dependency on the kernel, so one is
supposed to keep all intermediate files lest kbuild will uselessly
compile the complete kernel first.

2.6.6 has external modules straightened out, but there is no RTAI patch
for it.  I applied 2.6.6 patch to kbuild-related files only, and the
mongrel correctly compiled the kernel and modules; RTAI build was not
apparently affected, as the "old" way is still explicitly supported.

Do you think this would be ok to have this patch as part of build
process?  The user is patching the kernel files with adeos anyway, one
patch more, one patch less, no? :)

I am sorry for sitting on autom4te for such a long time.  I got a
hardware problem - my optic nerve got inflamed, so I sported a constant
headache for a couple weeks, and then it ceased but I lost all signal
from the eye overnight! (this is reversible but slow).  Working with one
eye was more or less ok, but when it recovered to the point when the
screen became visible as a rectangle of light, barely discernible,
looking at the screen made me nauseous and... umm... vertigouos, as if
standing on an edge of a cliff and looking down.  Apparently, my
equilibrium system tried to use the eye but it was constantly losing
tracking: I caught the fleeting rectangle floating all around the screen
as seen from the good eye.  Strange but covering the bad eye did not
help at all - looks like that neural network was too stubborn in its
decision to use the eye for equilibrium sensing.  Well, I have my
eyesight almost recovered by now, so it looks like I can hack again. :)

 -kkm