Fwd: Re: [kbuild-devel] Doubt what is the difference of compiling module in SuSE and Redhad , Mandrake

2005-05-08 Thread karthik
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Doubt what is the difference of compiling module in SuSE and Redhad , Mandrake Date: Monday 09 May 2005 12:20 From: karthik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Andreas Gruenbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sir, I have written a shell s

Re: [kbuild-devel] RE: kbuild-devel digest, Vol 1 #594 - 4 msgs

2005-05-08 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 10:03:21AM -0700, karthik r wrote: > Hi , > > But the problem with me is that we cannot release the source code. That does not in any way prevent you from creating a Makefile according to text in modules.txt? Or is it so that you only have access to the .o file and no

[kbuild-devel] RE: kbuild-devel digest, Vol 1 #594 - 4 msgs

2005-05-08 Thread karthik r
Hi , But the problem with me is that we cannot release the source code. That's why I am converting my module to test.o in my system itself and trying to write some shell script to convert it to target test.ko, so that script is executed in target system my module can be loaded. Karthik ---

Re: [kbuild-devel] select of non-existing I2C* symbols

2005-05-08 Thread Russell King
On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 08:20:50PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > Shouldn't kconfig exit with an error if a not available symbol gets > > selected? > No. There are meny configurations where we select a symbol that is > only visible in some configurations. > > Several possibilities exists: > 1) Sil

Re: [kbuild-devel] Doubt what is the difference of compiling module in SuSE and Redhad , Mandrake

2005-05-08 Thread Andreas Gruenbacher
karthik, On Sunday 08 May 2005 20:16, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > In 2.6 kernel a module compiled in one version(say 2.6.4) of SuSE > > is not loading in another version(say 2.6.8) of SuSE, even when we > > convert the module.o to module.ko in the latest version of SUSE. forget trying to use a

Re: [kbuild-devel] select of non-existing I2C* symbols

2005-05-08 Thread Sam Ravnborg
> Shouldn't kconfig exit with an error if a not available symbol gets > selected? No. There are meny configurations where we select a symbol that is only visible in some configurations. Several possibilities exists: 1) Silently ignore SELECT SYMBOL when SYMBOL is undefined 2) Warn - as we do today

Re: [kbuild-devel] Doubt what is the difference of compiling module in SuSE and Redhad , Mandrake

2005-05-08 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 12:27:12PM -0700, karthik wrote: > Hi , > > Can anybody tell me what is the difference in compiling a module in > SuSE distribution and other LInux distribution like Redhad or Mandrake. > > In 2.6 kernel a module compiled in one version(say 2.6.4) of SuSE