OK...a bit closer, but still no go. Don't know if Justin called it regarding the missing modutils, but I added that package (and the modutils-devel for good measure). Coinciding with this was my poking around and properly listing the KERNELDIR=/usr/src/2.4.18-27.8.0 in the Makefile and it seemed to compile. I copied the .o files over to /lib/modules/2.4.18-27.8.0/kernel/drivers/scsi (the same basic path as the functioning driver for the 2.4.18-14 kernel except for the version). Rebooted and got a kernel panic error trying to load the fs. Interestingly, the driver for the 2.4.18-14 kernel shows up colored in green when I do an ls on it's directory, but the one I compiled for the 2.4.18-27.8.0 kernel shows up black just like all the other files. Mean anything?
Toyed around with trying to load the compiled module (insmod hpt302.o) but there is already a module by that name (Duh! You mean the one that the system is running with?). Is there maybe some module configuration change I need to make to help enforce which one to use? It seems like that would just flow from having the file in the proper /lib/modules/... path, no? Think I'll shoot an e-mail to HighPoint and see if they can shed any light on this as well. Ever forward... Stuart > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Fratoni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 6:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: how difficult is compiling a driver? > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 31 March 2003 09:18 am, Douglas, Stuart wrote: > > Thanks again, Mike, but I think this IS a catch-22... > > > > It seems I can't make the module without the kernel, and I can't > > install the kernel without the module. > > > > I'm running on kernel 2.4-18-14 and tried making the module > after only > > installing the most recent kernel-source package > (2.4.18-27.8.0), but > > it runs off this long litany of error messages. I then tried > > installing the most recent kernel package (2.4.18-27.8.0), > thinking I > > could then successfully make the new module before > rebooting, but the > > kernel install errors out due to the lacking module. > > Hrmm, this should work. > Can you post the Makefile, and the errors you are seeing? > > If you are using the hpt302-opensource-v10.tgz file, I've > built modules > for the 2.4.18-27.8.0 kernel. I can make them available on my > webserver. > > $ /sbin/modinfo hpt302.o > filename: hpt302.o > description: "Driver for HPT302" > author: "HighPoint Technologies, Inc." > license: <none> > > - -- > - -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+iMt8n/07WoAb/SsRAi3aAKCxsbO8OPGLQ95ZGwDFtX916uRiKwCePYSZ > uq4uDLXzAeoojldLeahZD2c= > =Syh2 > -----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
