On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Simon Block wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm new to building Linux drivers but not new to device drivers, o I need > some specific help for the RedHat platform. I have RH 9 (2.4) installed and > setup for driver development. I have all the CD's. > > I need to extract the kernel tarball to my home directory for development. > Where is the kernel tarball? I presume it is a kernel-xxx-xx-xx.tar.Z type > file? I have the RedHat 9 disks so I presume it is on one of them or on my > system already? > > I have worked out how to build the drivers tree I think and I discovered the > binaries under the /lib directory. Once I have my driver's source code under > my own directory under usb/serial, how do I build it? Do I have to go and > add an entry for it to all the Makefiles and configuration files or can I > just write a Makefile for my single driver? Does someone have a development > Makefile for this purpose? > > Ok, how do I go about getting 2.6 kernel? The auto-update application thingy > in RH gives me the option to update the kernel and sources to a later > version of 2.4, but not 2.6. I guess version 2.6 is still experimental? > > How can I update the kernel and sources? Will this overwrite the sources in > /usr/src or add another directory and symbolically link to it? Will there be > a tarball somewhere I can then use to build my own development directory > from the 2.6 kernel? > > Cheers and thanks for any help!
The usb-development mailing list isn't really the appropriate place for questions like this. Try looking at the kernel newbies web site: http://kernelnewbies.org They have answers to many of your questions and lots more. Also look at http://www.kernel.org. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
