Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > Hi, > > I have a debian system, I have the kernel source installed which it seems > includes all the object modules. I want to add a missing module. There is > no reference to it in the .config file, but the source code is there. > > Under dead rat (fedora) I would: > > 1. Edit the .config file, and add the module name as > "CONFIG_<module_name>=m" > > 2. Run "make oldconfig". > > 3. Run "make bzImage". (Does debian use vmlinuz?) > > 4. Run "make modules". > > 5. Run "make modules_install". > > 6. Copy the kernel to /boot > > 7. Run lilo. (Why do they still use lilo?) > > 8. Fix /etc/modprobe.d entry for the device. > > 9. Reboot. > > Is there a simpler way?
Yes. See http://people.debian.org/~kaplan/kernel%20building%20in%20debian.pdf -- Lior Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Guides.co.il ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
