Custom kernel in d-i

[Lucio Crusca <lucio@sulweb.org>]

Hello *,

I hope this is the right list.

I'm trying to build a d-i image with a custom kernel (2.6.21.5) following
the instructions at 

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CustomKernel

However when I

$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

I get:

[...]
kernel-wedge copy-modules 2.6.21.5 486 2.6.21.5-486
missing module firmware_class
command exited with status 1
make: *** [binary-arch] Error 2

My 2.6.21.5 is compiled, installed and running and it had
been "oldconfigured" from 2.6.18-4. It includes tg3 which depends on
firmware_class, but I assume firmware_class is compiled into the kernel, no
as a module, because modprobing it fails (FATAL: Module firmware_class not
found). However I don't know what's the kernel option to have it compiled
as a module. Besides I'm not even sure that's the real problem. Can anyone
help me please?

Lucio.