taKernel 2.4.26 configuring and compiling

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Topic: taKernel 2.4.26 configuring and compiling
started by: walterb

Posted by walterb on Mar. 24 2005,14:51

as newbie i'm trying to install a Comedi device driver for a PC104 DAC card on my Geode 200mhz board.
found DSL a view days ago and would like to use it as data logger with this DAC card.

i did the following:
1. installad DSL on a IDE-CF Card 2 GB on hdc1 with dsl-hdinstall
2. got linux-2.4.26.tar form kernel.org
3. got kernelsource.dsl
4. sudo tar -xvf linux-2.4.26.tar
5. sudo tar -zxvf kernelsource.dsl
6. trying to make config or make menuconfig or make xconfig always ended with (as sudo under /usr/src and /usr/src/linux)
make:**** No rule to make target `config'. Stop.

i have a Makefile 361byte long, a .config 42kb long and .version in /usr/src and in /usr/src/linux

under /usr/src i have two patch files knoppix-kernel.patch and knoppix-kerenl26.patch

hope to get help from dsl-linux guru

walter

Posted by ghost on May 17 2005,17:57

Hi walterb

sorry, I can't solve your problem all the way here 'cause I'm stuckhere as well. I am trying to install Comedi to use a NI-PCI6034 card with no luck (Epia board with VIA Proc)

Compiling the driver was no problem.
You have to run
./configure
before running 'make' and 'make install'
I think the kernelsources.dsl is enough, no need to get 'linux-2.4.26.tar form kernel.org'.

There is a debian package for comedi as well. google for "libcomedi0" and "libcomedi-dev"

I am stuck at the point where all drivers should be there, even devices "/dev/comedixx" exist but comedi_test gives me "Comedi0: no such device"

I didn't go into detail so far ... Do I have to load the card-specific object file as well (nipcimio.o)?

Hope to hear from you!
ghost

Posted by ghost on May 17 2005,19:37

Oops,

I've been compiling an older version of Comedi...With the recent version I run into the same problems while compiling.
I'll keep trying a bit...

Posted by ghost on June 09 2005,20:04

ok. With a little help of a real linux-guru I finally got comedi to work the current kernel (2.4.26). If someone's interested in how to do it or in the .dsl - package let me know.

Posted by ke4nt1 on June 09 2005,20:34

If you have success in creating an extension with it, send it,
along with a description.info file, and an md5sum.txt file to..

extensions [at] damnsmalllinux [dot] org

Once I run thru it a bit,
I'll post it in testing for others to test and tweak..

73
ke4nt