From: Ian P. <Ian...@cl...> - 2004-06-28 22:24:21
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> Would it be possible to have the correct EXTRAVERSION value (-xen0 and > -xenU) in the Makefiles for the different kernels that are built by > Xen? Makefiles for drivers that are not in the kernel tree often try > to grok 'linux-src/Makefile' to learn what version of kernel was > compiled. EXTARVAERSION is overridden by the arch/xen/Makefile using the same technique useed by UML and various other architectures. > I personally hit the problem when trying to compile the Cisco iSCSI > driver for Xen. I can't recall having to do anything special to build the Cisco iSCSI initiator. Ian |
From: Niraj T. <nt...@gm...> - 2004-06-29 09:39:58
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> > > I personally hit the problem when trying to compile the Cisco iSCSI > > driver for Xen. > > I can't recall having to do anything special to build the Cisco > iSCSI initiator. > The Makefile for the Cisco iSCSI initiator (3.4.3) uses awk and sed to extract EXTRAVERSION from the Makefile. It then spits out warnings on screen as 'uname -r' does not match what it gets from the Makefile. On close inspection, it turns out that the warnings are just noise and things will work if you are careful. So I guess we are ok for now. Niraj |