Fw: Samba install problem

[Paul Howarth]

On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 18:46 +0100, Freedom Web Services wrote:
> > Hmm, I've got a K6-200 running FC5 at home... that has an i586 kernel too.
> >
> > I'm afraid I don't know why this kernel module is not included in the i586 
> > kernels but it is in the i686 versions.
> >
> > If there's a good reason for it not being included then you have problems. 
> > Perhaps someone more au fait with the kernel knows.
> >
> > If it's accidental that it's not included, then you should be able to 
> > request in bugzilla that it gets included in future i586 kernel releases, 
> > and you could try compiling the module "out of tree". Do you have the 
> > kernel 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 SRPM or any other source for that module?
> >
> 
> Yes Paul I do have the kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.src.rpm and the 
> kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.i586.rpm.

Right, let's try building the module ourselves then.

Install the kernel-devel RPM; that will be needed.

Next, follow the steps in the kernel tweaking guide at
http://www.city-fan.org/tips/TweakKernelPackage up to and including the
"Prepare Build" step. Use your kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.src.rpm instead
of the FC4 one used as an example.

Next, make yourself a module-build directory:

$ mkdir ~/module-build
$ cd ~/module-build

Next, copy the module source code from the unpacked kernel source:

$ cp
~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.16/linux-2.6.16.i586/drivers/char/n_hdlc.c .

(don't miss the "." at the end of that one long command)

Create a file "Makefile" in your module-build directory, containing:


obj-m := n_hdlc.o

KDIR  := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
PWD   := $(shell pwd)

default:
        $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules

install:
        strip -g n_hdlc.ko
        $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install


(all indented lines should be indented with tabs, not spaces)

Build the module:

$ make

Install the module:

$ su
# make install
# /sbin/depmod -a

You should then have your module ready to go...

I'm off to Tesco now.

Paul.