Jim,

thanks a lot for your answer.

Re: How to compile and add kernel modules to the ltsp client
From: Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 2007-02-15 04:50
>Juergen,
>
>You'll need more than the wireless drivers. the initramfs in ltsp has
>no support for wireless networks. You'll need to be able to configure
>the essid and wep/wpa encryption.

I thought I would put all the needed data into the initrams. Or, I could
put a file in the root directory of the disk I boot from. In this case
the disk has to be mounted by linuxrc in order to read the config file.

I know there has been a ltsp-wireless boot disk for ltsp 3.x. I think it
used a configuration file on the boot disk (a floppy). 

>
>Also, if your card is pcmcia, then you'll really have an uphill battle,
>as there's no support for pcmcia in the initramfs.

Thats no problem. Before switching to wireless I used a wired pcmcia card 
on my laptop. I unpacked the supplied initramfs, added the yenta_socket
driver, and put a 'modprobe yenta_socket' into the linuxrc (actually /init).
After that, the notebook booted without any problem.

Why is this module not in the distributed initramfs?

>
>If you can handle those issues, then in order to build the new kernel
>modules, you'll need to build an entire kernel, and use the
>ltsp_kernel_kit to build the new initramfs. You'll probably need to
>modify the 'build_initramfs' script to grab the additional module(s).

I will try this. However I was hoping that there Is an 'ltsp-kernel-headers'
package (like in debian) I can download and install.

>
>You can get the ltsp_kernel_kit from:
>
>http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/DownLoads
>
>It's the last thing on that page.
>
>Jim McQuillan
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>

Regards,

Juergen


>
>
>Juergen Bausa wrote:
>> I am using LTSP 4.2 and want to add a kernel module (wireless lan card
>> with ralink chip: rt61.ko) to the thin client. I have the module sources but
>> I am not sure how to compile them. I am pretty sure I will need the kernel
>> headers. Where can I get them (kernel 2.6.17)? And will I be able to use
>> the gcc on my server (which may be different to the gcc used for compiling
>> the kernel)?
>>
>> Juergen
>>

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