On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 23:05, sri <bskmohan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the config had it as CONFIG_E1000=y > Does =y or =m make any difference? > > still not working. > If you have CONFIG_E1000=y, it will build the e1000 driver into the kernel binary and not as a separate module. If you want the e1000 driver to build as a module, you will need to have CONFIG_E1000=m. > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 22:49, sri <bskmohan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > As part of learning, I have added few debug statements to the code at >> > drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c (e1000_probe function). >> > Now to compile this, am doing make -C >> > /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5PAE/build >> > M=`pwd` modules under drivers/net/e1000 dir. >> > >> > That is not compiling anything. But the same thing when I do in >> > drivers/net/e1000e, it is compiling and creating e1000e.ko file. >> > >> >> Check your kernel config file (which is .config) to make sure that >> CONFIG_E1000=m >> >> Then you should be able to run ` make drivers/net/e1000` to build the >> e1000 driver as a module >> >> > Any help on how to get e1000.ko? >> > >> > --Sri >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Kernelnewbies mailing list >> > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Jeff > > > > -- > -- > ÂKrishna Mohan B > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > -- Cheers, Jeff _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
