On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 18:46 +0100, Freedom Web Services wrote: > > Hmm, I've got a K6-200 running FC5 at home... that has an i586 kernel too. > > > > I'm afraid I don't know why this kernel module is not included in the i586 > > kernels but it is in the i686 versions. > > > > If there's a good reason for it not being included then you have problems. > > Perhaps someone more au fait with the kernel knows. > > > > If it's accidental that it's not included, then you should be able to > > request in bugzilla that it gets included in future i586 kernel releases, > > and you could try compiling the module "out of tree". Do you have the > > kernel 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 SRPM or any other source for that module? > > > > Yes Paul I do have the kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.src.rpm and the > kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.i586.rpm. Right, let's try building the module ourselves then. Install the kernel-devel RPM; that will be needed. Next, follow the steps in the kernel tweaking guide at http://www.city-fan.org/tips/TweakKernelPackage up to and including the "Prepare Build" step. Use your kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.src.rpm instead of the FC4 one used as an example. Next, make yourself a module-build directory: $ mkdir ~/module-build $ cd ~/module-build Next, copy the module source code from the unpacked kernel source: $ cp ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.16/linux-2.6.16.i586/drivers/char/n_hdlc.c . (don't miss the "." at the end of that one long command) Create a file "Makefile" in your module-build directory, containing: obj-m := n_hdlc.o KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build PWD := $(shell pwd) default: $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules install: strip -g n_hdlc.ko $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install (all indented lines should be indented with tabs, not spaces) Build the module: $ make Install the module: $ su # make install # /sbin/depmod -a You should then have your module ready to go... I'm off to Tesco now. Paul.
