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midjetville

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From: Detroit

Registered: 2010-07-23

Posts: 2

How to install tools to build a standard kernel module?

Hello!

I am a long time Fedora user trying to switch over to Arch for the ease of customization.

I am trying to build the hybrid_wl driver for my broadcom wireless card, and the requirements section says I need to have "the proper tools, packages, header files and libraries to build a standard kernel module. This is usually done by installing the kernel developer of kernel source package and caries from distro to distro."

I have never messed around with the kernel in Arch (or Fedora, for that matter) so I really have no clue what a standard module even is. What do I need to install to get this driver working?

Any help is welcome!

Thanks,
Jim

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: How to install tools to build a standard kernel module?

that is in aur.

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514

read about what is aur here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_User_Guidelines

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midjetville

Member

From: Detroit

Registered: 2010-07-23

Posts: 2

Re: How to install tools to build a standard kernel module?

Holy shit. The AUR is amazing.

I am beginning to love this operating system. Thanks a lot!