Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.4 drivers
From: Iain Stevenson (iain@IainStevenson.com)
Date: Sat Jun 30 2001 - 09:20:38 MDT
Michael,
What machine are you using?
on 30/6/01 3:19 pm, michael at mlibby@qwest.net wrote:
>
> I ran through a kernel compile (make xconfig; make dep; make; make modules),
> and I set the USB printer and scanner stuff to Y rather than M. (Should I
> have just set it to M?).
Good - you didn't need to select 'M'. You can either permanently compile
USB functionality into the kernel (which you have done) or have it as a
loadable module. In the former case, you would not see or need any USB
printer modules.
You need to do 'make modules_install' to install the modules you built for
the new kernel.
> Then when I'm done I have a new vmlinux and a new
> System.map, which I renamed, put in /boot, and changed the symlinks to point
> to the new bits. I couldn't find any replacement module-info or zImage files.
>
You only need the vmlinux file. However, if you have an older mac (ie
before the 'new world' G3 and G4s) then you have to copy the kernel to a Mac
partition as per the BootX instructions. If you're not using BootX forget
about this!
> But when I restart it still looks like the stock kernel from YDL (the login
> label matches the label on the /boot files), and I have no idea how to check
> to see if my new kernel with the drivers I need is the one that loaded.
>
Use the 'dmesg' command and check the result for signs of USB
Iain
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