Re: adding modules to kernel

[Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com>]

Roberto C. Sanchez on 24/08/05 20:43, wrote:
> > > Is there some short-cut?
> >
> > Run xconfig again, select the option as a module, and recompile. If the
> > tree hasn't been cleaned since you last built, it should only compile
> > that one module and not the entire kernel. When this is done you can
> > either reinstall the kernel or just copy the module in question into
> > /lib/modules/<kver>.
>
> IIRC, the OP said he used kernel-package.  If that is the case, add
> "do_clean := NO" (without qoutes and on its own line) to the file
> /etc/kernel-pkg.conf to ensure that the script does not run a clean by
> default after it is finished building.

Yes, I'm using kernel-package.

I added that config option but I am still getting problems.

Firstly, if I do the following:

(1) add the i2c_isa option as a module using make xconfig
(2) sudo make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image
(3) sudo dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.xxxxx.deb
(4) sudo reboot

I still haven't got i2c_isa. To get it I must do the make-kpkg clean 
stage too.

Secondly, why do I need root privileges for make-kpkg kernel-image? This 
step merely creates the kernel*.deb file, I thought.

Thanks
Adam