On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 10:48:03PM +0200, Teemu Ikonen wrote: > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:41:49 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 06:53:57PM +0200, Teemu Ikonen wrote: > > > I'm having difficulties compiling out-of-tree kernel modules with the > > > 2.6.9 > > > kernel. First of all, the kernel-headers-2.6.9-powerpc package which > > > corresponds to my kernel-image is apparently not in the archive. This > > > kills > > > module-assistant in the prepare stage. I tried to find the correct headers > > > from kernel-headers-2.6.9, kernel-headers-powerpc and > > > kernel-build-2.6.9-powerpc packages, but there was always something > > > missing. > > > Did module-assistant ever work on powerpc (or work at all ?), i think the > > problem lies with it anyway, so you best investigate there. > > At least it works on i386.
Yeah, exactly, on i386 and nothing else much. I never saw it working, and even on x86, i think it doesn't work for all modules. > It seems the problem is that module-assistant does not install the > kernel-kbuild-2.6 package and even if it's installed manually, the > necessary symlinks from the headers to kbuild scripts are not made. No idea really. module-assistant is black magic anyway. > Another problem is that kernel-images do not have corresponding > kernel-headers packages, i.e. there's kernel-image-2.6.9-powerpc, but > only kernel-headers-2.6.9 (without the -powerpc extension), so that > module-assistant does not find the correct headers by itself. Ah, this is what the kernel-build-2.6.9-powerpc package is for, i think. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
