Quoting Jonathan Israel T Natividad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> sorry but i'm not a programmer, i don't know how to produce
> this "modem_code_patch.diff" :)
> 
> i believe the driver i downloaded would compile into a module,
> thus not needing to build a new kernel. if there is a howto
> i can follow in order to convert this driver to a patch, then
> i wont mind building a new kernel :)

The programmer who wrote the driver for your modem will most probably
have written the source code to be applied as a patch to the linux
code tree in /usr/src/linux, as I have indicated in my previous post.
This is the most hassle-free way of distributing source-level drivers 
for linux.  If the driver is not distributed as a patch, then the author
will give instructions on how to insert the driver code into 
/usr/src/linux, a terribly painful process.

If you tell me what specific modem brand you are trying to compile
the driver for, I might be able to give you more detailed help.  In fact
driver might already be available in the kernel source code, and all
you have to do is select it as a module during "make menuconfig"

P~Manalastas


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