Re: Debian way of integrating out of tree drivers

[Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it>]

Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> $ mv /usr/src/madwifi /usr/src/modules/

GREAT !!! that said after moving madwifi like you say, if I understand 
what you say, I should be allright by:


make-kpkg --revision=t40.$SUBV --added_modules madwifi,thinkpad 
kernel_image modules_image

(I prefer not using the implied default module list but explicitely 
listing the modules I need. of course you have guessed correctly that 
the thinkpad modules tree was already under /usr/src/modules)

Now ... if the above is true I have a new question.

When I compile as stated in my OP, in addition to the kernel-image deb 
package I also produce a thinkpad-modules deb which shows a filename I 
cannot understand very well.

Here is a listing of my /usr/src directory:

bob@t40:/usr/src$ ls -l
total 3544
-rwxr-xr-x   1 bob  bob      332 2005-02-15 17:51 kcomp.sh
-rw-r--r--   1 bob  bob  3518008 2005-03-28 19:41 
kernel-image-2.6.11.4_t40.200503281929_i386.deb
-rw-r--r--   1 bob  bob      261 2005-02-15 10:20 KERNELS.README.TXT
drwxr-sr-x  21 bob  bob     4096 2005-03-28 19:41 linux-2.6.11.4
drwxr-sr-x   4 bob  bob     4096 2005-03-31 21:24 modules
-rw-r--r--   1 bob  bob    20698 2005-03-28 19:42 
thinkpad-modules-2.6.9.rja_5.8-1+t40.200412221617_i386.deb
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   58955 2005-01-09 12:17 thinkpad.tar.gz

bob@t40:/usr/src$ uname -a
Linux t40 2.6.11.4T40237392G-RJA #1 Mon Mar 28 19:36:30 CEST 2005 i686 
GNU/Linux

I am not even sure if the thinkpad modules are contained in the 
kernel-image deb or as

Can you make sense out of this ?

Good night,
Bob

PS I was already in the src group but added the fakeroot since I got:
You may need root privileges - some parts may fail
message when not using it