Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
Hello all,
maybe I have an understanding problem. It would be nice, if someone could give
me some background knowledge.
IMO the linux-header-files are always needed, whenever I want to build modules
for the kernel, i.e. the Nvidia-kernel-module. However, as I have not
installed them, the building of my needed module (in my case it was the
fglrx-kernel-module) succeeded. So, what is the reason, that the
linux-header-files are for ? I do not understand.
(Background is, that the package "linux-headers-2.6.17-1-amd64-k8" cannot be
installed, due to the missing "linux-kbuild-2.6.17")
So, in what cases are the header files needed ?
Thank you very much for your help !!!
Best regards
Hans
What the nvidia/fglrx/whatever modules need to build aren't a specific
package per se, but a valid and accurate set of .h files for the kernel
in question. These don't need to come from a linux-headers-versionfoo
package - If you compiled your kernel yourself, for example, then
they're in /usr/src/yourkernelsourcedir. Or you could install a
linux-source-version package, then use your current .config to compile
up what you need.
Headers are *always* needed. Just not neccessarily linux-headers-foo.
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