Hi I was just wondering if anyone knows of where I can find descent docs on howto build an kmod / akmod. Realtek provides drivers for the wifi 8129se but I need to rebuild the driver everytime my kernel is updated. Any advise on how to build a kmod / akmod be greatly appreciated.

Eli Wapniarski wrote on 01.09.2010 07:54: > > I was just wondering if anyone knows of where I can find descent > docs on howto > build an kmod / akmod. Orcan pointed you to the right document already. > Realtek provides drivers for the wifi 8129se but I need to rebuild > the driver > everytime my kernel is updated. Are you aware there are three drivers for various Realtek wifi chips in the package "kmod-staging"? Maybe one of them works. > [...] Cu knurd -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Eli Wapniarski wrote: > Hi > > I was just wondering if anyone knows of where I can find descent docs on > howto build an kmod / akmod. > > Realtek provides drivers for the wifi 8129se but I need to rebuild the > driver everytime my kernel is updated. > > Any advise on how to build a kmod / akmod be greatly appreciated. There is a page in wiki that I once used to build my first package (rt2870-kmod) for RPMFusion: http://rpmfusion.org/Packaging/KernelModules/Kmods2 It should be pretty informative. Also, check the existing kmod packages for examples. Orcan

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 4:39 AM, Eli Wapniarski wrote: > On Wednesday 01 September 2010 09:19:32 Orcan Ogetbil wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Eli Wapniarski wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > I was just wondering if anyone knows of where I can find descent docs >> > on howto build an kmod / akmod. >> > >> > Realtek provides drivers for the wifi 8129se but I need to rebuild the >> > driver everytime my kernel is updated. >> > >> > Any advise on how to build a kmod / akmod be greatly appreciated. >> >> There is a page in wiki that I once used to build my first package >> (rt2870-kmod) for RPMFusion: >> http://rpmfusion.org/Packaging/KernelModules/Kmods2 >> >> It should be pretty informative. Also, check the existing kmod >> packages for examples. >> >> Orcan > > Trying to create the kmods. I ran into a couple of problems > > 1) I had to modify the line from (--repo %{repo}): > > kmodtool --target %{_target_cpu} --repo %{repo} --kmodname %{name} > %{?buildforkernels:--%{buildforkernels}} %{?kernels:--for-kernels > "%{?kernels}"} 2>/dev/null > > to: > > kmodtool --target %{_target_cpu} --repo rpmfusion --kmodname %{name} > %{?buildforkernels:--%{buildforkernels}} %{?kernels:--for-kernels > "%{?kernels}"} 2>/dev/null > > > 2) It would seem that the driver was compiled, but then it would not > "make install" If I were to do this manually, of course make install > works > > > + rm -rf > /home/eli/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/rlt8129se-kmod-2.6.0017.0525.2010-1.fc13.1. > x86_64 + for kernel_version in > 2.6.34.6-54.fc13.x86_64___/usr/src/kernels/2.6.34.6-54.fc13.x86_64 + > make install > DESTDIR=/home/eli/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/rlt8129se-kmod-2.6.0017.0525.2010-1 > .fc13.1.x86_64 > KMODPATH=/lib/modules//2.6.34.6-54.fc13.x86_64//extra/rlt8129se/ make: > *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop. > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.PYAMQs (%install) > > > Thanks for any insight The guidelines are like recipes. If you don't have the right ingredient you need to come up with a replacement. Not all Makefiles are written the same. You may need to tweak your lines a little until things work. It is hard to say what you need to do without looking at your specfile. Do you have an SRPM uploaded somewhere? Orcan