Re: Using the EPICS Build/Make system to build kernel modules for linux

[Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@ligo.caltech.edu>]

On Thu, Feb 12 2015, "Williams Jr., Ernest L." <ernesto@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> As I begin this task; maybe someone else has already done it :)
>
> We typically have kernel module source from hardware vendors that we recompile for our target architectures
>
> In my case, I have the following architectures:
>
> (1) linux-x86                         (RHEL6 32-bit)
> (2) linux-x86_64                 (RHEL6  64-bit)
> (3) linuxRT-x86                    (32-bit linux w/realtime patch and ucLibc)
> (4) linuxRT-x86_64            (64-bit linux w/realtime patch and ucLibc)
> (5) linuxRT_glibc-x86_64  (64-bit linux w/realtime patch and gLibc)
>
>
> I would like to hi-jack the EPICS Make system framework to build kernel modules.

I'm so sorry, but I feel compelled to speak out that the EPICS build
system is one of the more obscure, convoluted, and unfriendly to work
with as I have seen.  It makes packaging EPICS and related software
extremely difficult.  I would strongly advise against using it as a
prototype for other projects.

jamie.

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