1 | <sect1 id="ch-tools-kernel-headers">
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2 | <title>Installing Linux-&kernel-version; headers</title>
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3 | <?dbhtml filename="kernel-headers.html" dir="chapter05"?>
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4 |
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5 | <screen>&buildtime; &kernel-time-headers;
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6 | &diskspace; &kernel-compsize-headers;</screen>
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7 |
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8 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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9 |
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10 | <sect2>
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11 | <title>Installation of the kernel headers</title>
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12 |
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13 | <para>As some packages need to refer to the kernel header files, we're going
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14 | to unpack the kernel archive now, set it up, and copy the required files to a
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15 | place where <command>gcc</command> can later find them.</para>
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16 |
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17 | <para>Prepare for the header installation with:</para>
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18 |
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19 | <screen><userinput>make mrproper</userinput></screen>
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20 |
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21 | <para>This ensures that the kernel tree is absolutely clean. The kernel team
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22 | recommends that this command be issued prior to <emphasis>each</emphasis> kernel
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23 | compilation. You shouldn't rely on the source tree being clean after
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24 | untarring.</para>
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25 |
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26 | <para>Create the <filename>include/linux/version.h</filename> file:</para>
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27 |
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28 | <screen><userinput>make include/linux/version.h</userinput></screen>
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29 |
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30 | <para>Create the platform-specific <filename>include/asm</filename>
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31 | symlink:</para>
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32 |
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33 | <screen><userinput>make symlinks</userinput></screen>
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34 |
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35 | <para>Install the platform-specific header files:</para>
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36 |
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37 | <screen><userinput>mkdir /tools/include/asm
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38 | cp include/asm/* /tools/include/asm
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39 | cp -R include/asm-generic /tools/include</userinput></screen>
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40 |
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41 | <para>Install the cross-platform kernel header files:</para>
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42 |
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43 | <screen><userinput>cp -R include/linux /tools/include</userinput></screen>
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44 |
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45 | <para>There are a few kernel header files which make use of the
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46 | <filename>autoconf.h</filename> header file. Since we do not yet configure the
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47 | kernel, we need to create this file ourselves in order to avoid compilation
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48 | failures. Create an empty <filename>autoconf.h</filename> file:</para>
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49 |
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50 | <screen><userinput>touch /tools/include/linux/autoconf.h</userinput></screen>
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51 |
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52 | </sect2>
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53 |
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54 | </sect1>
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55 |
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