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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2006-04-28 09:34:06 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2006-04-28 09:34:06 -0300
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Improved make release method to allow compiling against an arbitrary dir
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> Now, with make DIR=<foo>, it is possible to compile V4L/DVB with a non-installed dir. This will allow better checking on compatibility issues (especially for -git tree) Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
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@@ -58,9 +58,12 @@ release - Allows changing kernel version.
Typical usage is:
make release VER=2.6.12-18mdk
(to force compiling to 2.6.12-18mdk)
- This will work only if
- /lib/modules/2.6.12-18mdk/build/
- points to that kernel version
+ (This will work only if
+ /lib/modules/2.6.12-18mdk/build/
+ points to that kernel version)
+ Or
+ make release DIR=~/linux-git
+ (to force using kernel at a specific dir)
To use current kernel version instead:
make release