Changeset 5234 in vbox

Timestamp:

Oct 11, 2007 10:38:58 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

improve kernel version check

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/Makefile (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/Makefile

@@ -64 +64 @@
 # kernel base directory
 ifndef KERN_DIR
+ # build for the current kernel, version check
  KERN_DIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
  ifneq ($(shell if test -d $(KERN_DIR); then echo yes; fi),yes)
@@ -72 +73 @@
   $(warning Warning: using /usr/src/linux as the source directory of your Linux kernel. If this is not correct, specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.)
  endif
+ # check if versions match -- works only for later 2.6 kernels
+ VBOX_KERN_VER := $(shell $(MAKE) -sC $(KERN_DIR) kernelrelease 2> /dev/null || true)
+ ifneq ($(VBOX_KERN_VER),)
+  ifneq ($(VBOX_KERN_VER),$(shell uname -r))
+   $(error Error: /usr/src/linux (version $(VBOX_KERN_VER)) does not match the current kernel (version $(shell uname -r)))
+  endif
+ endif
 else
+ # build for a dedicated kernel, no version check
  ifneq ($(shell if test -d $(KERN_DIR); then echo yes; fi),yes)
   $(error Error: KERN_DIR does not point to a directory.)
@@ -86 +95 @@
 endif
 
-# module install dir.
+# module install dir, only for current kernel
 ifneq ($(filter install install_rpm,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
  ifndef MODULE_DIR