Hi Felix, please try if the script below clarifies your issues. I did not try to insmod the module built by it but I'm positive it will work.
Best regards, Martin ######### START ######### #!/bin/sh # our buildmachine is also the target KVER=`uname -r` # use something like that if your installed kernel's version is # custom and thus nonstandard (like "2.6.21.5-mykernel") #KVER="2.6.21.5" wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-${KVER}.tar.bz2 tar xvfj linux-${KVER}.tar.bz2 ln -s linux-${KVER} linux wget http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tipc/tipc-1.7.5-bundle.tar.gz tar xvfz tipc-1.7.5-bundle.tar.gz cd linux tar xvf ../tipc-1.7.5-bundle/tipc-1.7.5.tar # hope your current kernel's config can be found there cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config # this will most probably prompt a few times, just hit enter... make silentoldconfig # you might want to #make xconfig make KBUILD_MODULES=1 prepare make net/tipc/tipc.ko # that's the README mentioned cat README # there's the module ls -l net/tipc/tipc.ko ######### END ######### On Feb 6, 2008 9:27 PM, Nayman Felix-QA5535 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Al, > > Ok, after looking at it a second time, I've noticed that they are the > same (I misread part of the file the first time) so sorry for the > confusion but regardless step 4 of the installation says the following: > > # > > Rebuild and install the kernel in the normal manner. > > eg. make > > > If you are building TIPC as a loadable module, build net/tipc/tipc.ko > and install it in the standard manner. > > Note: The README file in the top level directory of the kernel > source tree provides a more complete description of how to build the > Linux kernel and loadable modules. > > > Where is this README file? > > Also, I'm forwarding some comments from Terry when he tried to build > TIPC and had problems because there is no top-level make file any > longer: > > This is still not correct. It now needs to be built as part of the > kernel because I see that the makefile has changed to reflect that. > > bash-3.1# make net/tipc/tipc.ko > make: *** No rule to make target `net/tipc/tipc.ko'. Stop. > > > Thanks, > Felix > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephens, Allan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:47 AM > To: Nayman Felix-QA5535; Martin Peylo > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [tipc-discussion] Installing TIPC 1.7.5 > > Hi Felix: > > Can you be more specific about the incorrect information you > encountered? > > As far as I can tell, the user guide in the TIPC 1.7.5 bundle > (tipc_users_guide.txt, which is dated "24 July 2007" at the start of the > file) is identical to the one available on the TIPC web site. > > -- Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Nayman Felix-QA5535 > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:37 PM > To: Martin Peylo > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [tipc-discussion] Installing TIPC 1.7.5 > > I wasn't accidentally looking at it, because here's the link: > > http://tipc.sourceforge.net/doc/tipc_1.7_users_guide.html#installation. > > It appears that the information here is incorrect, but the users guide > that comes with the tar ball is correct. > Someone should update the link. > > Thanks, > Felix > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Peylo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:26 AM > To: Nayman Felix-QA5535 > Subject: Re: [tipc-discussion] Installing TIPC 1.7.5 > > Hi Felix, > > I guess you accidentially were looking at the users guide of 1.5/1.6. > Chapter four of the tipc_users_guide.txt, included in > tipc-1.7.5-bundle.tar.gz explains the build process. > > In case you don't want to build the whole kernel but only the tipc > module you can just do > /usr/src/linux$ make net/tipc/tipc.ko after updating the TIPC > part of the kernel sources matching your kernel version as described in > the users guide. > > Best regards, > Martin > > > On Feb 6, 2008 5:46 PM, Nayman Felix-QA5535 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > We are trying to install TIPC(1.7.5) as a loadable module, but the > > documentation in the users guide does not appear to match the source > code. > > There is no README file or Makefile at the top level. Is there still > > the ability to build tipc as a stand-alone module? > > > > Thanks, > > Felix > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > tipc-discussion mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tipc-discussion > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > tipc-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tipc-discussion > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. 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