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wario3001
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 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:06 am Post subject: compile newest e1000 driver into kernel |
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I was wondering if anyone has experience with compiling the newest (i.e. v7.1.9) e1000 driver from http://e1000.sf.net/ into a static kernel w/o module support?
Is there some automatic way of producing a kernel patch from those driver sources (out of the box they only support compilation as a module)?
Kernel 2.6.17 does contain an e1000 driver of course, but it's v7.0.33 according to the changelog. |
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techm2
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:15 am Post subject: |
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Try the following:
1. In the kernel source create a backup of the original e1000 directory:
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cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/net
mv e1000 e1000.orig
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2. Create a new e1000 directory and copy the source files from the latest driver:
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mkdir e1000
cp /tmp/e1000-7.1.9/src/* e1000/
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3. Replace the Makefile with the one from the original e1000:
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cp e1000.orig/Makefile e1000/Makefile
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4. Edit the Makefile to include kcompat.o or apply the following patch:
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--- Makefile 2005-11-24 14:10:21.000000000 -0800
+++ Makefile.new 2006-07-24 18:11:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_E1000) += e1000.o
-e1000-objs := e1000_main.o e1000_hw.o e1000_ethtool.o e1000_param.o
+e1000-objs := e1000_main.o e1000_hw.o e1000_ethtool.o e1000_param.o kcompat.o
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5. Recompile your kernel with the newer driver now in it. |
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