Merging driver w/ kernel question

Palamides · 05-19-2005, 08:26 PM

I d/led pcmcia drivers and found out that I don't have a certain module that's nevessary for the drivers to work. So I am going to recompile my 2.6.10 kernel, however I would like to merge the pcmcia drivers, but I have no clue how to do so, could anyone point out to me how to? thanks

gbonvehi · 05-19-2005, 08:35 PM

If you want to merge the code with the kernel, it will be almost impossible if you don't have knowledge about the kernel source, unless of course, that there's a patch for the kernel source for your specific kernel version.
You can however (if the driver allows and i guess it does) to compile the driver as module after recompiling your kernel and it will be created to match the new one.

Palamides · 05-19-2005, 09:46 PM

so the driver could just be loaded as a module, after having recompiled my kernel?

gbonvehi · 05-19-2005, 10:22 PM

Yes, but after recompiling the kernel you must boot with it and recompile the module.

Palamides · 05-20-2005, 03:02 AM

thanks a lot, ill give that a shot