On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Denis Borisevich <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2009/7/27 SandeepKsinha <[email protected]>: > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Denis Borisevich<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 2009/7/27 Belisko Marek <[email protected]>: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Denis Borisevich<[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> Hi! > >>>> I have driver for PCI serial board, it compiles as a module, loads and > >>>> works fine. Now it exists as a several files outside the kernel source > >>>> tree. I want to integrate this code within the kernel source tree: I > >>>> want it to exist as some files inside the kernel source, I want to be > >>>> able to select this driver in kernel config and so on. So can any one > >>>> provide me any instructions to achieve this task (I hope it is not > >>>> very difficult) or point to any online documents, etc.? > >>> Just read: > >>> http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.30/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers > >>> or you can post you files (patches) to Greg K-H ([email protected]) and > >>> he will put it to > >>> staging directory in linux-next tree. Your driver will be after some > >>> cleanups and rewiews > >>> put to main kernel tree hopefully. > >> > >> Thank you for reply but I think you got me wrong. I don't want to > >> submit my driver to mainline kernel. I just want to integrate it with > >> my local kernel source tree for personal use. > I am not sure about what the steps are to integrate with kernel source tree to make it appear in the menuconfig (if thats what you are looking for ) but am not sure the guys out there will be willing to help you unless you want to submit it to mainline kernel tree :) > > >> > > > > > > try insmod. > > Insmod only inserts the compiled module or have I missed something? > > > > > Regards, > > Sandeep. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > “To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner.” > > > > > > > >>> good luck, > >>> > >>> Marek > >>> > >>> -- > >>> as simple as primitive as possible > >>> ------------------------------------------------- > >>> Marek Belisko - OPEN-NANDRA > >>> > >>> Ruska Nova Ves 219 | Presov, 08005 Slovak Republic > >>> Tel: +421 915 052 184 > >>> skype: marekwhite > >>> icq: 290551086 > >>> web: http://open-nandra.com > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- Regards, ~Sid~
