A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 07:29:31PM +0000, Neil Bryan wrote: > When I built the modules, I did the following: > > sudo make modules_install M=drivers/usb/serial > > This has created a new directory here: > > /lib/modules/2.6.35.4/extra/ extra? Huh? Are you using a kernel.org kernel or a distro kernel? > with the modules (sam-ba.ko and usbserial.ko). > > If I try modprobe like so: > > t7@nbryan:/lib/modules/2.6.35.4/extra$ sudo modprobe sam-ba > [sudo] password for t7: > FATAL: Module sam_ba not found. > > Note that the underscore has replaced the hyphen. Does it need an alias? No, you need to run 'depmod' to ensure that the modules are found properly. > Why can modprobe not see the new module? I strongly believe that the > way I built and installed the driver is incorrect. I don't hack > drivers on a daily basis ;-) > > But, and it is a big but, my original post shows that the sam-ba > module is present, has connected to ttyUSB0, but fails to transmit > to the SAM-BA boot loader on my Atmel board. As I mentioned, it worked > the first time, but subsequent tries have all failed so it is very > close to working and I believe you guys are careful so the problem > is most likely at my end. Try using a kernel version that has the driver in it already, that would be easiest. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
