Changeset 66503 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/Makefile.include.header

Timestamp:

Apr 10, 2017 4:56:21 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

bugref:8834: Makeself installers/Linux: indicate problems better in the exit codes
allow specifying a kernel version to build kernel modules against in our make files with the make file variable KERN_VER.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/Makefile.include.header (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/Makefile.include.header

@@ -14 +14 @@
 # hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
 #
+
+# Testing:
+# * Building with KERN_VER set to an installed but non-current kernel works and
+#   installs to the right location.
+# * Building with KERN_DIR and/or MODULE_DIR set uses the value specified and
+#   the default value for the unspecified one if any.
 
 #
@@ -89 +95 @@
  #
 
+ # target kernel version
+ ifndef KERN_VER
+  KERN_VER := $(shell uname -r)
+ else
+  ifneq ($(shell if test -d /lib/modules/$(KERN_VER)/build; then echo yes; fi),yes)
+   KERN_VER := $(shell uname -r)
+  endif
+ endif
+
  # kernel base directory
  ifndef KERN_DIR
-  KERN_DIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
+  KERN_DIR := /lib/modules/$(KERN_VER)/build
   ifneq ($(shell if test -d $(KERN_DIR); then echo yes; fi),yes)
    KERN_DIR := /usr/src/linux
@@ -120 +135 @@
  ifneq ($(filter install install_rpm,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
   ifndef MODULE_DIR
-   MODULE_DIR_TST := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)
+   MODULE_DIR_TST := /lib/modules/$(KERN_VER)
    ifeq ($(shell if test -d $(MODULE_DIR_TST); then echo yes; fi),yes)
     MODULE_DIR := $(MODULE_DIR_TST)/misc