From: Frank Mori Hess Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:51:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: a little update for 2.6 kernels X-Git-Tag: r0_7_69~26 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=07143ea8dd58c03344ba2b3e85fb25b711cb95da;p=comedi.git a little update for 2.6 kernels --- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 338aa757..411d1fb0 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ In order to compile the Comedi modules, you will need to have a correctly configured Linux kernel source tree. The best way to get one is to download a tarball from kernel.org and -compile your own kernel. Comedi should work with most 2.2 and -2.4 Linux kernels. Support for 2.0.3x is not actively maintained, +compile your own kernel. Comedi should work with most 2.2, +2.4, and 2.6 Linux kernels. 2.6.x kernels older than 2.6.6 are +not supported. Support for 2.0.3x is not actively maintained, but it should work and bugs will be fixed as they are reported. You can also prepare a kernel source tree that matches @@ -26,8 +27,9 @@ source into a directory you own. 'uname -r' produces "2.4.16-386" then your EXTRAVERSION should be set as 'EXTRAVERSION=-386'. 3) Run 'make oldconfig' in your kernel source directory. -4) Run 'make dep' (or 'make prepare' for 2.6 kernels) in the kernel - source directory and you are done. +4) Run 'make dep' (for 2.6 kernels, do a 'make modules_prepare' instead + or even better a full 'make') in the kernel source directory and + you are done. Red Hat users note: Kernel sources that are distributed with Red Hat Linux are not supported, because they are too heavily