FB wrote: > First of all : I'm a Linux beginer > > I have got the file "dc395-141.tar.gz.tar" > Decompressed it > patch the kernel sources 2.4.18 > launch "make-kpkg" > and got errors at the scsi driver compiling phase : > > > make -C scsi modules > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/drivers/scsi' > ld -m elf_i386 -r -o scsi_mod.o scsi.o hosts.o scsi_ioctl.o constants.o > scsicam.o scsi_p > roc.o scsi_error.o scsi_obsolete.o scsi_queue.o scsi_lib.o scsi_merge.o > scsi_dma.o scsi_ > scan.o scsi_syms.o > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/include -Wall > -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno- > trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common > -pipe -mpreferred-st > ack-boundary=2 -march=i386 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 > /include/linux/modversions.h -DKBUILD_BASENAME=dc395x_trm -c -o > dc395x_trm.o dc395x_trm.c > In file included from dc395x_trm.c:260: > dc395x_trm.h:68: parse error before `:' > dc395x_trm.c: In function `DC395x_bios_param': > dc395x_trm.c:2445: warning: implicit declaration of function > `scsicam_bios_param_Rsmp_dee45ea1' > dc395x_trm.c: At top level: > dc395x_trm.c:7898: stray '\' in program > make[2]: *** [dc395x_trm.o] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/drivers/scsi' > make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_scsi] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/drivers' > make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2 > > So, what have I to do ? > And : why do I have to recompile the whole kernel and not just to build > a new module and then > manually "modprobe" it ? > > Thank you for any suggestion !
I find that my Tekram SCSI card works fine with the kernel images found in the Debian repositories. No compiling ever needed. I'm currently using 2.4.22-1-686. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
