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myrlin

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Registered: 2010-06-11

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Can I Compile a Red Hat Driver for Arch?

Please excuse me if this is a stupid question.

I have a GPS Dongle, which comes with drivers for Red Hat (73, 8 and 9). These consist of a C source file, and a makefile.

Would it be possible to compile the driver for Arch, and if so, how?

Many thanks in advance.

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

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Re: Can I Compile a Red Hat Driver for Arch?

If you have the source file, you can compile it for Arch. You should also have a look at the AUR, maybe somebody already made a package. Search the wiki for AUR.

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

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Re: Can I Compile a Red Hat Driver for Arch?

That shouldn't be a problem, assuming it just compiles a kernel module. Find an Arch pkgbuild that compiles and installs a kernel module, and adapt it to use the Red Hat files instead.

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fr33ke

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Registered: 2010-08-21

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Re: Can I Compile a Red Hat Driver for Arch?

RedHat 9 is really old (2003) and still on the 2.4 kernel series, so I doubt your driver will compile on any recent kernel. But with the source, you can try to update it, or change an in-kernel driver to support it (if there is no support already!).

Mr.Elendig

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Re: Can I Compile a Red Hat Driver for Arch?

Your dongle is most likely supported in kernel, just connect it and see if you can talk to it.

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myrlin

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Registered: 2010-06-11

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Re: Can I Compile a Red Hat Driver for Arch?

Since the driver that came with the dongle is so old, I think I'll persevere with GPSD for a while, before attempting anything more adventurous (although I've not had much success so far).

Many thanks to everyone for your advice.