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Allow volatility profile building from custom sources #839
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Change the default definition of the KDIR from being just a prefix to full path to the kernel headers allows to override this value and compile the module using arbitrary location of the kernel headers or full source code. Added also some common usage examples in the comment. Adding the PREFIX variable might serve the original prefix purpose of the KDIR if somebody needs such functionality in some mass module rebuilding scripts
Leaving the module.ko allows for manual inspection for example using modinfo and possibly even copying to the remote system and trying to load the module in order to confirm it is compiled with the right kernel release string and symbols
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Change the default definition of the KDIR from being just a prefix to full path to the kernel headers allows to override this value and compile the module using arbitrary location of the kernel headers or full source code.
Added also some common usage examples in the comment.
Adding the PREFIX variable might serve the original prefix purpose of the KDIR if somebody needs such functionality in some mass module rebuilding scripts