Problem in Compiling Kernel 2.6.24 : kernel headers remains unchanged

[Alok Pandey]

Hi Rick,
Thanks for your time,
What I am trying to do is, want to use the new feature of  *TCP-MD5* for 
encryption  and for which I need to compile a new kernel version >2.6.24 
(as lower version kernels don't have such options)
After successful kernel installation , still guy's (developers)  are not 
able to use it as it complains about KERNEL-HEADERS.

As i am not a developer and have limited knowledge about lib and 
headers, hope you will understand my problem and will able to suggest me 
the best way to resolve this issue.
*Reasons why it seems to be an Kernel headers problem ,because *
    In kernel src dir i.e linux2.6.46/usr/include/linux/
       there is file named tcp.h (which had entry for tcp-md5) ,but
       file tcp.h on system (/usr/include/netinet/) don't have such 
entry and after installation it remains unchanged and;
     Our script use that file from system src (/usr/include/netinet/)
also
I think ,gcc is also need to be upgraded , if this be the case, then 
what will be the safe way to UPGRADE the gcc.

PLZ SUGGEST....!!


Thanks
Alok
Rick Stevens wrote:
> Alok Pandey wrote:
>> Alok Pandey wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> I am trying to compile a new kernel-2.6.24 on RHEL5(xeon-x86_64)  to 
>>> use /* tcp-md5 encryptions*/, but after successfully compilation , 
>>> kernel headers remain unchanged.
>>> The steps I followed to  compile  the kernel was :
>>>
>>> linux2.6.24#]  make  oldconfig
>>>         >make menuconfig (to select  tcp-md5 as  *)
>>>         > make  dep,clean, modules,all
>>>         > make modules_install, headers_install_all
>>>         > make install
>>> Linux2.6.24#] mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.24.img 2.6.24
>>> > check /boot/grub/grub.conf (for proper entry)
>>> reboot.
>>>
>>> After Reboot: Checked, system is booted with correct kernel (i.e 
>>> 2.6.24) but still kernel headers are unchanged (i.e files under 
>>> /usr/include/{linux,netinet})
>>>
>>> Any idea ,what i am doing wrong ?
>>> Any suggestion is welcome ...!
>
> What did you expect to change?  The headers are the headers.  Rebuilding
> a kernel doesn't change the headers, just the kernel, its associated
> modules and the "/boot/config-(version)" file.
>
> You also don't need the "make dep clean" stuff with 2.6 kernels.
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