On 25.01.2015 18:37, Amadeus W.M. wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:26:55 +0100, poma wrote: > >> On 25.01.2015 07:50, Amadeus W.M. wrote: >>> I'm trying to do the following: >>> >>> 1) add the smi2021 driver for EasyCap Somagic usb frame grabbers into the >>> kernel tree >>> 2) compile the kernel with smi2021 as a module >>> 3) build the rpm. >> >> Why build the whole kernel for one module!? > > I would certainly build just the smi2021 driver if I knew how to, but > I followed the only instructions I could find for Fedora: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Building_a_custom_kernel > > How would I go about compiling just the module? The kernel source would have > to be patched, no? > > Hey at least you have the official upstream patch, I had "only" vendor source for my (not this one) device. ;) The point is to test the device before you start spending hours on the whole kernel, if you need it in the first place. I look at this now... -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
