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

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

Muthu Kumaran R wrote:
> 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?

RedHat added the "custom" string to the kernel revision string in the
main Makefile in /usr/src/linux/. Just remove it and try again.

Cheers,
Juri



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