Re: How to force "make modules_install" to install elsewhere

Olaf Titz (olaf@bigred.inka.de)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 00:30:21 +0200

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> Nope. It seems that your 2.0.36 and mine are not the same. Mine
> is from ftp.kernel.org/....linux-2.0.36.tar.gz

Yes, vanilla 2.0 is missing this feature, as I've just discovered
yesterday. This brings it in sync with 2.2, the prefix is INSTALL_MOD_PATH.
Should be added to the next 2.0 because it is useful and breaks nothing.

--- Makefile~ Wed Apr 28 18:38:17 1999
+++ Makefile Wed Apr 28 18:49:37 1999
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@

modules_install:
@( \
- MODLIB=/lib/modules/$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL); \
+ MODLIB=$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL); \
cd modules; \
MODULES=""; \
inst_mod() { These="`cat $$1`"; MODULES="$$MODULES $$These"; \

Olaf

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