Re: replacing intel-agp.o
Hi Steve,
>1. downloaded the kernel source, including intel-agp.c, into a directory
> /tmp/tmp/linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/linux-2.6-2.6.18.dfsg.1
Is this the correct version? My etch/amd64 kernel has version 2.6.18-4.
> Now I'm not sure what the minimal way is to compile intel-agp.o. I don't
> want to overwrite any current system files (other than intel-agp.o). I
> just want to make intel-agp.o, put it in place, test it with modprobe, and
> see what happens.
I extracted the agp sub folder from source an throw away the rest of the
source code. Calling make builds all agp modules in this folder. Copy the
module intel-agp.ko into /lib/modules/$(shell
uname -r)/kernel/drivers/char/agp/
and add intel-agp to your /etc/modules list.
>
> So what are the minimal commands I need to just make intel-agp.o? Do I
> need to put the whole source directory in some standard place, run make
> config, and all that? I've compiled many times over the years but have
> never gotten into kernel source before and want to be careful.
>
Unfortunately I don't remember the steps exactly. What is the error message? A
failure by patching? If you are interested I can send you my agp source
folder.
But since there exists by now newer kernels for etch at www.backports.org I
would install a current kernel (2.6.21, 2.6.22?) instead of patching the old
2.6.18 one.
Regards,
Jörg
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