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-rw-r--r--system/kvm-kmod/README18
-rw-r--r--system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild6
-rw-r--r--system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info6
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/README b/system/kvm-kmod/README
index f8bf89e67b9c8..dc3d0cea5d33d 100644
--- a/system/kvm-kmod/README
+++ b/system/kvm-kmod/README
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ which are both available as separate Slackbuilds.
KVM-KMOD consists of a kernel module, 'kvm.ko', that provides the
core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module,
'kvm-intel.ko' or 'kvm-amd.ko'. Slackware provides these modules
-in the 'a/slackware-modules*' packages and the associated headers
-in the 'd/slackware-headers*' packages. In most cases the
-Slackware provided versions are sufficient to run QEMU-KVM.
-KVM-KMOD is only needed if you want to change the KVM modules and
-headers to a different version.
+in the 'a/kernel-modules*' packages. In most cases, the provided
+versions are sufficient to run QEMU-KVM. KVM-KMOD is only needed
+if you want to change the KVM modules to a different version.
-KVM-KMOD updates the modules and headers without overwriting the
-Slackware provided versions. If you uninstall KVM-KMOD you will
-need to run 'depmod -a' to regenerate the modules.dep and map
-files to regain access to the Slackware provided versions.
+KVM-KMOD updates the modules without overwriting the ones provided
+by Slackware. If you uninstall KVM-KMOD, you will need to run
+'depmod -a' to regenerate the modules.dep and map files to regain
+access to the Slackware provided versions.
+
+You need to have a "kvm" group on the system in order to use this.
diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild b/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild
index 7a0b77b11f6a9..5f98a54c2918e 100644
--- a/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
PRGNAM=kvm-kmod
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6.35.6}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6.37}
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -77,10 +77,12 @@ CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
make \
PREFIX=/usr \
PKGCONFIGDIR=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig \
- docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+ docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+ KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/$KERNEL/source
make install \
PREFIX=/usr \
PKGCONFIGDIR=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig \
+ KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/$KERNEL/source \
DESTDIR=$PKG
# Eliminate unused pkgconfig text file
diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info b/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info
index dc9fe07870cf8..b0d1a45600e08 100644
--- a/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info
+++ b/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
PRGNAM="kvm-kmod"
-VERSION="2.6.35.6"
+VERSION="2.6.37"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/kvm/kvm-kmod-2.6.35.6.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="cd4c2c484ac2ff1cd557c15a555d0d5b"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/kvm/kvm-kmod-2.6.37.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="68dffcae4d0cee9d280b82760031b531"
DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
MD5SUM_x86_64=""
MAINTAINER="Stu Miller"