[linux-dvb] Re: Why a new custom folder gets created during "makemodules_install"

[Detlef Heine <detlef.heine@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>]

Muthu Kumaran R schrieb:
> Hi,
>
>   I had compiled the linux kernel version 2.4.18-14,
> before that  ihad taken the backup of the existing
> kernel.Also after that to build the loadable modules i
> had backed up the modules folder from
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-14 to /lib/modules/2.4.18-14-old
> and done "make modules"
>
>  While doing the "make modules_install" a new folder
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-14custom gets created.
>
>  Is the way it normally happens, because in the README
> of /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14 they had told you should
> take a back of modules folder before doing the "make
> modules", but why this /lib/modules/2.4.18-14custom
> gets created.
>
>  The kernel is a part of RedHat Linux8.0, can anyone
> clarify my doubt?
>
>  Sorry for this long mail :-)
>
> Thanks
> Muthu.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Muthu.
>
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Hello,
In the kernel-Makefile is set the EXTRAVERSION = -14custom
You replace -14custom with -14 and all looks fine - no new folder get created during "make 
modules_install"
Bye, dhe.
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