make modules and SMP? 2006-01-13 - By Arjan van de Ven
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On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 11:32 -0500, Brian Long wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 17:28 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 11:09 -0500, Brian Long wrote:
> > > I'm trying to recompile the tg3 module on 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL using a patch
> > > from Hewlett Packard. It just patches the tg3 module in Update 5 to be
> > > the version from Update 6. This will allow me to load Update 5 on their
> > > newer workstations (XW4300, for example).
> > >
> > > I've run the following commands after patching the tg3 source:
> > > make clean
> > > make mrproper
> > > cp configs/kernel-2 (See http://nel-2.ora-code.com).4.21-i686.config .config
> > > make oldconfig
> > > make dep
> > > make modules
> >
> > that is SOOOOO not the right way, because by doing this you entirely
> > destroy the setup for building new modules ;(
>
> I'm just following the steps from inside the kernel SPEC file. How can
> this be SOOOO wrong? :)
you're building a full kernel. While you want to use 1 single module out
of it (I assume). THe module you built belongs to the kernel you built,
not to the rpm kernel....
there is a good way to build modules to an existing kernel, but
recompiling the entire kernel.. isn't that.
Again if you want to do that I'll try to get the backup
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