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Re: [Xen-users] basic question on how to compile 2.4 xen

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] basic question on how to compile 2.4 xen
From: Ernst Bachmann <e.bachmann@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:56:11 +0200
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Hi,

> Basically it keeps failing because it needs the genksyms
> package, which is provided in the modutils package from redhat, but
> obviously this isn't presetn on the 2.6 kernel.

Have a look at:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162195

Basically, they moved genksyms to the "kernel-devel" package, and the file is 
in "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/scripts/genksyms" now... symlinking it 
from there into the $PATH might fix the xen kernel makefiles.

/Ernst

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