Re: Building additional kernel drivers with Debian kernel-source
> * Otto Wyss wrote:
>
> > All I want is to build the fusion kernel driver from DirectFB
> > "http://www.directfb.org"; to work with the Debian kernel 2.4.26.
>
> Ah, all right. I misunderstood your intentions, I thought you were packaging
> some kernel module (as this would have been ontopic on -devel ;-) )
>
I agree to help me solve this problem might be a little off topic but
that the standard Debian kernel package isn't usable in this case is
_on_topic_ :-( .
> > How can I do this the simplest and fastest way? I don't need the correct
> > solution as long as it works since I need this driver for testing. Any
> > working hack is welcomed.
>
> Hm, in this case I would perhaps grab kernel-source-2.4.26 (*),
> copy /boot/config-2.4.26-$WHATEVERARCHVERSION to .config in that directory
> and make oldconfig. You might need to do a make dep, I don't know. Then you
> can use kernel-source-2.4.26 to build against.
>
> This is untested and comes without warranty, good luck ;-)
>
Thanks a lot I'll try it.
O. Wyss
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