Hey, I haven't tried that, but I did now. There's nothing to see about my driver/device and there's also something wrong with writing the config-file (Error during writing of the kernel configuration, that's all there is to read). Also: I executed make config as root (and as non root), problem stayed. Gr, Ben -----Original Message----- From: Christian Praehauser [mailto:cpraehaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 20 December 2007 12:06 To: Ben Backx Cc: linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Problems with building own module Hello! Did you do a "make config" and enabled your module for the build process? Cheers, Christian. Ben Backx wrote: > Hi, > > > > I'm almost finished with the beta of a new driver, but the final part is > giving me a headache. > > I created my own Makefile, and as long as I compile with that Makefile, > everything goes fine (except insmodding, but perhaps this goes better > when I build the module together with the rest of the v4l-tree). > > First, my system specs: > > It's an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ with Ubuntu 7.10 and standard kernel of > Ubuntu (version 2.6.22-14). > > > > The makefile I created looks something like this: > > > > *obj-m += dvb-driver.o* > > * * > > *dvb-driver-objs := driver.o otherfile.o another.o* > > * * > > *EXTRA_CFLAGS := -I/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.22/drivers/ieee1394* > > *EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.22/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core * > > *EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I/usr/src/linux-headers-$(shell uname -r)* > > *EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I/usr/src/linux-headers-$(shell uname -r)/include* > > * * > > *all:* > > * make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) > modules* > > * * > > *clean:* > > * make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) > clean* > > * * > > Compilation using this file goes fine. > So, I modified this file as is stated in README.patches and created > something like this: > > > > *obj-$(CONFIG_DVB_DRIVER) := dvb-driver.o* > > ** > > *dvb-driver-objs := driver.o otherfile.o another.o* > > * * > > *EXTRA_CFLAGS := -I/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.22/drivers/ieee1394* > > *EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Idrivers/media/dvb/dvb-core* > > ** > > *driver.c: driver.h otherfile.h another.h* > > *otherfile.c: otherfile.h driver.h* > > *another.c: another.h otherfile.h* > > * * > > I added all the source-files to the directory dvb-driver in the folder > linux/drivers/media/dvb off the v4l-dvb-tree. > > Then, I modified linux/drivers/media/dvb/Makefile so it contains the > folder of my driver. Finally, I added "source > "drivers/media/dvb/dvb-driver/Kconfig" to linux/drvers/media/dvb/Kconfig. > > > > Now, when I try to build the complete library, there's no dvb-driver.o > (or any other off the .o-files) created. Some source-files are copied to > the v4l-directory, but no object is created. > > Can anyone help me out with this? Because I'm rather stuck for the moment L > > > > > > Greetings, > > Ben > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb -- Christian Praehauser <cpraehaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> || //\\//\\ || Multimedia Communications Group, ||// \/ \\|| Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~cpraehaus/ http://www.network-research.org/ http://www.uni-salzburg.at/ _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
