[linux-dvb] Re: Installing drivers into 2.6 kernel

[Michael Hunold <hunold@convergence.de>]

Hello,

On 17.03.2004 19:42, lamikr wrote:
> How can I install dvb drivers to 2.6 kernel after building them 
> succesfully.
> I know that I can load the drivers by going into DVB source directory 
> and running "insmod.sh load"
> but I would like to get these drivers loaded automatically (instead of 
> the default ones used in 2.6.3)
> by defining settings into /etc/modprope.conf
>
> I have a plenty of *.ko files in build-2.6 directory but kernel have 
> them in a compressed
> *.ko.gz format under directory
Do you use a kernel.org kernel or a Mandrake one?
Is this "modules are gzipped" option a standard selectable option?

> Should I just compress all *.ko files to *.ko.gz and replace the 
> original ones with the new ones under  
> /lib/modules/2.6.3-4.tmb.1mdk/kernel/drivers/media/dvb?
Mixing in-kernel and CVS driver module files is crying for problems. 
Make sure you replace *all* modules accordingly.

> If I made this addon into Makefile's install section and send a patch 
> into list is there any changes it would be accepted?
Sure, the current Makefile sucks more or less. But don't rely on the 
"modules are gzipped" feature.

A good approach would probably to remove all in-kernel driver modules 
when installing the new ones.

> Mika
CU
Michael.


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