[ale] Regarding Kernel Operations

[stephen at phynp6.phy-astr.gsu.edu (stephen)]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 09:41:55PM -0600, Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > 
> > When you do a kernel/modules compile, from where all does source, etc.
> > get pulled to make the final result?   Reason I ask is, if you want to
> > do your compiling on another machine to speed up the process, what all
> > needs to make the trip?  Is it just the kernel source tree or are there
> > things in /usr/lib or elsewhere that would have to be brought over and
> > pointed to somehow?
> 
> The kernel is built, top to bottom, using only the code in the
> kernel source tree.

Actually, there are some source files in scripts/, such as your mkdep
utility, and other utilities under some of the arch/ branches for
converting elf to a.out and making tftp boot images that include headers
from libc.

stephen

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