On 10/12/06, Shakthi Kannan shakthimaan@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
--- Mohan Nayaka mohansn@gmail.com wrote:
Please do not use /root.
Why not?
Because /root is typically the home directory of root. Please correct me if i am wrong, but i think if the driver & kernel sources are kept in some directory owned by user, root access is required only for inserting & removing the module.
It doesn't matter where you keep the kernel sources. The driver Makefile has to have the kernel sources path set accordingly.
The use of /usr/src is just to keep it under one directory so one doesn't need to keep searching for different kernel sources in the system.
true i keep it in ~/linux-x.y.z
--- "The Xirtna" xirtna@gmail.com wrote:
what does it means to have a configured and built
kernel?
- To have the kernel sources installed.
- To have MODULE load/unload support in the kernel
(usually enabld by default). 3. To have the kernel installed and running on the system.
Please help I am totally new to device drivers!
Try my simple Linux device driver examples:
http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads.html
SK
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