[PVFS2-CVS] commit by robl in pvfs2-1/doc: pvfs2-quickstart.tex

CVS commit program cvs at parl.clemson.edu
Wed Jan 26 16:20:16 EST 2005


Update of /projects/cvsroot/pvfs2-1/doc
In directory parlweb:/tmp/cvs-serv14458

Modified Files:
	pvfs2-quickstart.tex 
Log Message:
make a note of where to find the linux kernel trees on recent distributions


Index: pvfs2-quickstart.tex
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pvfs2-1/doc/pvfs2-quickstart.tex,v
diff -u -w -p -u -r1.29 -r1.30
--- pvfs2-quickstart.tex	16 Nov 2004 17:12:48 -0000	1.29
+++ pvfs2-quickstart.tex	26 Jan 2005 21:20:16 -0000	1.30
@@ -653,8 +653,13 @@ provided here for your convenience:
 gil:/usr/src/pvfs2# ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-2.6.0
 \end{verbatim}
 
-After this command is issued, build the PVFS2 source tree if it has
-not yet been built.
+Note that you can often find a kernel source tree (or a symlink to the
+right place) at /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build2.  For example, if you were
+running the default Fedora 3 kernel (linux-2.6.9-1.667) you would find the
+kernel tree in \texttt{/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.667/build}.
+
+After this configure command is issued, build the PVFS2 source tree if it
+has not yet been built.
 
 Building the 2.6.x kernel module requires an extra step.  Since
 current kernels require writing a few files in the kernel source



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