Re: linux header

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> Gerardo Di iorio-2 wrote:
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>> Why the version of linux-header is different from linux kernel package
>> (linux26) ?
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> I have also wondered this, but this is not T2 specific weirdness. I have
> seen the same case in numerous other distros also. It has something to do
> with Kernel internal structures and application level ABI interface of
> kernel parts. For example see this web link: http://kerneltrap.org/node/6536
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> I don't know why T2 has different linux header package than the actual
> supported kernel, but I have always assumed it has something to do with how
> glibc and libc libraries are compiled in T2 (I have understood that some
> people prefer to have kernel headers matching the version used to compile
> libc or glibc package, not necessarly the same as kernel itself).
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> Other people just overwrite kernel headers package with the headers from
> self-compiled kernel package. I'm part of this group because I use couple of
> applications which expects to find latest Kernel enum and define entries.
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> I'd like to know what is the "correct" way to solve the difference between
> "stock kernel headers" and "latest self-compiled kernel" headers?
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