Kernel reconfiguration for Fedora Core 3 on an AMD64 14/02/2005
The following procedure to create the dmx3191d.ko module was undertaken; please read the end of the following file:-
Work within a terminal. su password vi /etc/sysconfig/kernel (Check that line beginning with UPGRADEDEFAULT ends in YES. If not, delete no and change to YES).
mkdir /usr/src/redhat mkdir /usr/src/redhat/Build mkdir /usr/src/redhat/RPMS mkdir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES mkdir /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
(Obtain a src.rpm.kernel from either the source CD on via the internet by commant: up2date --get-source kernel ).
rpm -i /home/malcolm/kernel-2.6.9-1.667.src.rpm (Use your own path).
vi /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec ( change line #define buildsmp 1 =to 0) This saves disk space if no multi-processor.
cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS rpmbuild -bp --target=x86_64 kernel-2.6.spec
cp /boot/kernel-config /path/kenel-config
cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9 make gconfig
make modules
make modules_install depmod -a
make clean
make bzImage
# /sbin/insmod -f /lib/modules/2.6.9- prep/kernel/drivers/scsi/dmx3191d.ko insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.9- prep/kernel/drivers/scsi/dmx3191d.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
Could some one please tell me where I have gone wrong! I thought the new kernel would be automatically be selected.
You are probably running kernel 2.6.9-1.667 but have built modules for kernel 2.6.9-prep. Why not follow the instructions at http://crab-lab.zool.ohiou.edu/kevin/kernel-compilation-tutorial-en/ to build yourself a full new kernel with this module included? Or follow the instructions in the release notes to build the module out-of-tree?
Paul.
