On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:40:39PM -0000, Brian Schramm wrote: > Ok I am lost. I installed this system that I am running with potato and > 2.2.17. I then downloaded the kernel source for 2.2.19 and compiled it the > way I need it for my current system. So, what is this about keeping the > .config file and configuring it the same way that the kernel was configured? > Maybe I am lost but I am not sure what that has to do with me compiling the > extra drivers for the netgear card. Do you mean that I need to compile again > to generate this file? OK, lets start by assuming you have the kernel source in /usr/src/linux/ When you ran 'make config' (or menuconfig or xconfig, whatever) you generated a file /usr/src/linux/.config and /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h modversions.h is the key file. When you ran 'make mrproper' you deleted both these files (and whatever else was created by make config). So in order to create /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h, you need to re-run make config. You don't need to re-compile the kernel at all. What I recommend doing is saving a copy of /usr/src/linux/.config, so if you ever do need to re-generate things like modversions.h in an idendical configuration as before, you can just put the file in place (/usr/src/linux/.config) and run 'make oldconfig'. noah -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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