Hi, If there is one information I find difficult to obtain in the web/books, it is about integrating a driver with the kernel. Whereas the procedure for char and block drivers is same, that for network drivers is slightly different. What I mean is, not modularized drivers, but drivers linked directly to the kernel. Suppose I have a network driver, mynetdrv.c . I compile this and and make mynetdrv.o . I insmod this and check that it is fine. Now, how do I integrate it with the kernel binaries, so that evey time the kernel starts up, it should automatically start this driver also? I think there is difference in the procedure for different types of network drivers, say eth, plip etc. Do I have to modify any file in linux/drivers/net directory? Does the Space.c file should be modified?And what should I? Any other file needs to be modified? And finally I have to compile this new kernel and make a new image, correct? Even Alessandro Rubini has not written any article regarding this,nor included in his book. I've hardly seen any regarding this information. One I have seen is for 2.0 (and that too, only for char and block drivers, and not network), but I want the procedure for 2.4/2.6 kernels. Expecting a reply, thanks, suresh. -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
