On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Denis Borisevich <dennisfen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
2009/7/27 SandeepKsinha <sandeepksinha@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Denis Borisevich<dennisfen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 2009/7/27 Belisko Marek <marek.belisko@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Hi,
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>>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Denis Borisevich<dennisfen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>> I have driver for PCI serial board, it compiles as a module, loads and
>>>> works fine. Now it exists as a several files outside the kernel source
>>>> tree. I want to integrate this code within the kernel source tree: I
>>>> want it to exist as some files inside the kernel source, I want to be
>>>> able to select this driver in kernel config and so on. So can any one
>>>> provide me any instructions to achieve this task (I hope it is not
>>>> very difficult) or point to any online documents, etc.?
>>> Just read:
>>> http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.30/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
>>> or you can post you files (patches) to Greg K-H (greg@xxxxxxxxx) and
>>> he will put it to
>>> staging directory in linux-next tree. Your driver will be after some
>>> cleanups and rewiews
>>> put to main kernel tree hopefully.
>>
>> Thank you for reply but I think you got me wrong. I don't want to
>> submit my driver to mainline kernel. I just want to integrate it with
>> my local kernel source tree for personal use.
I am not sure about what the steps are to integrate with kernel source tree to make it appear in the menuconfig (if thats what you are looking for ) but am not sure the guys out there will be willing to help you unless you want to submit it to mainline kernel tree :)
> try insmod.
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Insmod only inserts the compiled module or have I missed something?
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> Regards,
> Sandeep.
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> “To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner.”
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>>> good luck,
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>>> Marek
>>>
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