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
