Re: lm_sensors and alsa for _not_ custom built kernel?

[Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com>]

Thanks for your input, the lm-sensors package now builds and installs OK.

I found that the following steps were necessary for a successful build
and to get the correct module dependencies: 
(Are there more simple solutions available?)

Install kernel-image-2.4.18-686
Install and unpack kernel-source-2.4.18
Install kernel-headers-2.4.18-686
Install lm-sensors
Install and unpack lm-sensors-source
cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18
cp /boot/config-2.4.18-686 ./.config
# Do not make config/menuconfig/xconfig
make dep
cd /usr/src/modules/lm-sensors
fakeroot ./debian/rules KSRC=/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.18-686 KVERS=2.4.18-686 KDREV=2.4.18-4 kdist_image

With this setup also alsa-modules builds OK. 

I also second that kernel-package should support building the
additional kernel modules. Another alternative would be that the
package maintainer builds these packages in addition to the kernels
themself, but this would maybe add a lot to the number of packages to
build and distribute.
 
Arne Nordmark writes:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I just successfully built lm-sensors from the kernel-headers package on
 > a woody system. From /usr/src/modules/lm-sensors I used
 > fakeroot ./debian/rules KSRC=/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.18-686
 > KVERS=2.4.18-686 KDREV=2.4.18-4 kdist_image
 > 
 > I think it would be a good idea if kernel-package could do this
 > automatically, or at least that it would be documented how to build
 > modules form debian kernels. On the other hand, for example the sparc
 > architecture does not even provide separate kernel-headers for the
 > different kernel-images found in the debian archive.
 > 
 > Arne
 > 
 > > Hello,
 > > 
 > > Building a custom kernel and after that building and installing the
 > > lm-sensors and alsa-driver module packages works very well, using for
 > > example make-kpkg. I've done so on an SMP box several times running
 > > unstable.
 > > 
 > > However, on another box I'm running testing with precompiled kernels
 > > installed. One kernel installed is 2.4.18-686, version 2.4.18-4. How
 > > are you supposed to proceed if you want to build the modules packages
 > > for that kernel? Using make-kpkg seems to always require 'make
 > > menuconfig', make-kpkg kernel_image, etc before you can build the
 > > modules_image. Also, the modules built are for the custom kernel _not_
 > > the already installed prebuilt one!
 > > 
 > > Trying to build the modules from the kernel-source directory using
 > > make-kpkg fails, and also directly from the installed modules
 > > directory, eg from /usr/src/modules/lm-sensors/ with 'debian/rules
 > > binary-modules KVERS=2.4.18-686 KSRC=/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18'
 > > 
 > > Installing the kernel-headers for 2.4.18-686 does not help at all. I
 > > just would like to add the modules to the already installed kernel,
 > > preferably by installing a .deb package. Pointers or input are greatly
 > > appreciated.
 > > 
 > > Thanks,
 > > Svante Signell
 


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