Re: Confused by modules

[Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu>]

On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 21:20 -0700, Cam wrote:
> My ultimate goal is to run patched versions of modules hermes, orinoco
> and orinoco_cs so I can run kismet or prismstumbler. I am presently
> running 2.4.26 that came with Sarge but Debian doesn't offer 2.4.26
> kernel sources so I apt-got 2.4.27 kernel sources, did the
> configuration (including requesting the needed drivers) and recompiled
> the kernel. My present sub-goal is to simply run with unpatched drivers
> to prove that things are working before I patch them. I know the
> drivers get compiled ok since I can see them, eg hermes.o with a recent
> time stamp, in "/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.27/drivers/net/wireless/",
> however they don't show up anywhere else and in particular they don't
> show up in or below "/lib/modules/2.4.27/" which is where I was
> expecting them. The compiled 2.4.27 boots ok but since the wireless
> related modules aren't in the right place the wireless card doesn't
> work.
> 

what commands did you use to compile (and install) your kernel (and
modules) ?

> In the past I have always compiled stuff directly into the kernel
> rather than using modules so although not new to recompiling the kernel
> I am new to using modules. Am I correct in assuming that ALL modules
> for the new version of the kernel should show up under
> "/lib/modules/2.4.27/"? I don't understand why some modules show up
> there (for example
> "/lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o" is there just
> fine) while other (in particular the ones I am interested in) don't. Of
> course I could make symlinks manually but that sounds pretty clunky; I
> would rather do it right in the first place.
> 
> Maybe there is some Debian page that explains this in lurid detail but
> several hours of looking through the Debian site and searching google
> didn't turn up anything useful. Anybody know what I am doing wrong?

i have used newbiedoc.sf.net for learning how to compile kernels "the
debian way". i would suggest starting there.

-matt zagrabelny