compiling modules for RH kernels

[Simon Burton]

have been reading
http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ch02.html
they talk about defining __NO_VERSION__ before including module.h 



On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 10:29:17 +1000
Bob Edwards <Robert.Edwards at anu.edu.au> wrote:

> 
> I'm hoping that there might still be some out there who know a bit
> about Red Hat kernels :-).
> 
> I am trying to compile a locally developed module to work with a
> kernel compiled from Red Hat Source RPM. The kernel I want this
> module to work with is identified as "2.4.9-21custom" (the custom
> bit on the end is something that a Red Hat kernel patch applies
> to any kernels compiled from Red Hat sources, but not by Red Hat).
> 
> I am trying to compile my module from outside the kernel tree.
> 
> It always seems to want to be for a "2.4.9-21smp" kernel (if I
> compile on a machine with that kernel running), or "2.4.9-21"
> if I compile on a machine actually running the 2.4.9-21custom
> kernel.
> 
> Can anyone give me any pointers as to how to explicitly set the
> kernel version I want this module to work with, short of editing
> include/linux/version.h or include/linux/module.h?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bob Edwards.
>