Ahhh, so what you are saying is that even though the omnibook module (from the omke project) compiles and installs, it doesn't work (other than the deletion thingy when reinstalling modules *ggg*)? Your one does work I'm guessing?
Call me whatever, but I'm not a programer. I just like to know exactly what such things do. Is it the omnibook module that provides the key-codes, and hotkeys that provides the functions associated with them? Is this assessment correct? I'm currently rebuilding the patched kernel now (needed to change a few minor things too + added the new Omnibook module)... If your patch supplies a working module, does this mean it's a kernel fault, or an omnibook (omke project) fault? On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 07:25:40 -0700 Scott Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This package is a kernel module. Original method to actually use it is > to download it from sourceforge, run its make script which in doing so > it calls the make from /usr/src/linux to build just this module and > put it in /lib/modules/version/kernel/drivers/char/omnibook.ko then > modprobe it and use it. Now I decide I want to change a usb driver or > something unrelated in the kernel. So I make modules_install. Doing > that clears out the lib/modules/... directory. So now I have to > remember to go back into the omnibook tree and make && make install > it. Every time I rebuild the kernel. And if I forget to do that and > reboot, I can't see my battery level or use the volume buttons... > > There is a script that comes with the omnibook module that would > effectively integrate it like this for 2.4 kernels, though it would > not do so for 2.6, and the 2.6-style Kconfig files were not included. > I did submit these new/changed files upstream but have seen no > response to it. Even if it did have a script to cleanly add it to 2.6, > that would still be extra effort each time I grab a new rev of kernel. > Having it here as a patch, all I need to do is add one line to any > current kernel ebuild to get it to add this functionality to my kernel > every time, and I don't have to worry about forgetting to rebuild an > outside kernel module every time I change something in the kernel. > > And if this makes someone else's life easier too, then so much the > better. Greetings Ralph -- http://axljab.homelinux.org/
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