hi, many other projects expect the kernel sources in /usr/src/linux - so if you compile e.g. pcmcia or alsa you definitely need the link (or need to call the folder "linux" which is not too good because then you never know which version you have there, at least not at the first sight.
christoph > This and later message from someone else say to create a symbolic link > to kernel-source-<version>. Why? AFAIK, it is unnecessary. (Or, I am > blissfully ignorant of something.) If the below were modified by > removing the "ln -s" line and changing the "cd linux" to "cd > kernel-source-<version>" it would all work just as well. No chance of > having a link point at the wrong place, either. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christoph Hebeisen Graduate Student Department of Physics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Phone +1 604 291-5924 Canada Fax +1 604 291-3592 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
