ALL RIGHT! This I might be able to pull-off. Many thanks, Michael!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Fratoni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: how difficult is compiling a driver? > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 27 March 2003 03:18 pm, Douglas, Stuart wrote: > > My situation is this, I'm using some HighPoint Rocket133 > IDE controller > > cards to support larger HDDs on some systems but the only > RH8 driver is > > compiled for the initial kernel release. The vendor can't > give me any > > useful information as to when I might expect a driver that > is compiled > > for the latest kernel so I thought I'd look into doing it myself. > > Being a total Linux noob, am I asking the equivalent of how > to perform > > brain surgery, or is it actually not too difficult? > > > If the driver source code is availble, it shouldn't be very hard. > It appears the source is available for the Rocket133 at: > http://www.highpoint-tech.com/hpt302-opensource-v10.tgz > You'll have to verify that this is the correct file. The > drivers I found > are listed here: > http://www.highpoint-tech.com/drivers.htm > > Once you have the correct file downloaded... > > make a temporary directory, I used 'highpoint'. > $ mkdir highpoint > Move the driver archive to the new directory. > $ mv hpt302-opensource-v10.tgz highpoint > cd to the directory > $ cd highpoint > Extract the archive > $ tar -xvzf hpt302-opensource-v10.tgz > > Edit the Makefile, and fix the define for KERNELDIR. Currently, it is > probably defined as KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux (Which is wrong) > It should be defined as: > KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build > (KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4 would work as well, but the > above is more > correct) > > You need to have the kernel-source rpm package installed that > matches your > running kernel. For example, I have: > $ rpm -q kernel kernel-source > kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 > kernel-source-2.4.18-27.8.0 > > Once you have done all that, you can build the driver with > $ make > > Once it has finished compiling, the .o file(s) need to be > copied someplace > suitable in /lib/modules/{version}/kernel/drivers/(ide perhaps?) > > There are instructions in the readme.txt file for loading the drivers. > > Hope that helps, > - -- > - -Michael > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt > Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+g4NKn/07WoAb/SsRAhjqAJwJN6FjRjjpIxrHWk3OvgDWj8MS7gCeIgoo > M9KH7lkAzV0w7sAzc2NmCZg= > =Ufkn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
