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Hello everybody,
I'm using Arch for quiet a while now and I recently decided to compile my "own" Kernel from Source (using the wiki of course).
I checked my hardware with lspci -v and thoroughly selected the modules i wanted to omit/integrate in my kernel (e.g. fglrx - i know it's dirty).
Now, having all the module names I was pretty suprised that there seems to be no "Modules"-Category in menuconfig, but only Submenus like "[x] Enable Feature YYZ" etc.
Isn't there a way to explicitly state which modules to integrate and which to omit(by their name)?
Thanks
Last edited by crimsonlizard (2010-09-02 21:52:42)
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You can usually guess how the module will be named from the explanation (which you can call with ? in menu config), but that's not a 100% guarantee, in my experience. Still, it's better than nothing.
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Thanks for your help so far. I wonder whether it's even possible to integrate a proprietary module such as fglrx into the kernel? Or should I just load it manually at boot?
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Thanks for your help so far. I wonder whether it's even possible to integrate a proprietary module such as fglrx into the kernel? Or should I just load it manually at boot?
If it's closed source then no, it needs to be compiled as a module and not compiled into the kernel. GPL rules
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Okay. Another problem: After several hours I finally finished my .config with menumaker. I now wanted to compile the whole thing using 'make' and then 'make modules_install' what I get is the following:
sudo make modules_install
Password:
ln: target `EVOb1/source' is not a directory
make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1
Notice: EVOb1 is my 'Local version'
When i create the directory myself I get:
sudo make modules_install
rm: cannot remove `EVOb1/source': Is a directory
make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1
Removing the directory by hand leads back to error #1. I also tried the makepkg-method - same error. Any ideas?
Last edited by crimsonlizard (2010-09-02 17:53:05)
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Okay. Problem solved. It's seems that there was a space in my 'Local Version'. Kernel works fine now Thanks for the help anyways.
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