Bug#394744: Package: installation-reports

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

Op 22-10-2006 om 21:46 schreef Andreas Tille:
 <snip/>
> The consequence is IMHO that we should give some advise for people like me
> that are beaten by hardware that is not supported by vanilla kernel.

 [1]

> I'm completely lost with this machine and hope for a slight hint what to do next
> because all Google entries for compiling the driver point to some SuSE 
> sites and
> it seems to work for these guys but not for me, because the make process
> stops like this:
> 
> # make modules
 <snip/>
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `modules'.  Stop.
> 
> I followed some other hints to copy the contents of the tar file
> directly into the
> kernel tree but failed as well.
> 
> Any hint that would help here?


AFAIK is the package module-assistant made for such things.
This is it's (long) description:

Description: tool to make module package creation easier
 The module-assistant tool helps users and maintainers with managing
 external kernel modules packaged for Debian. It can do:
 .
  - automated preparation of build environment for modules compilation
    (eg. automatical detection and installation of required kernel
    source/headers)
  - automated module source downloads
  - configuring and keeping track of external and localy built modules
    packages
  - semi-automated multiple builds for multiple kernel versions
 .
 It also contains some framework to be used by the build-scripts in the
 accompanying modules-source packages in Debian.



HtH
GSt

 [1] Ask it in the computer shop or in the next computer shop.
     The largest profit for support in the kernel is for the
     hardware manufactors.