Re: Kernel Source - Fedora Core 3

Hi Mark,

I have neither Fedora Core 3 nor the kernel-src-rpm file but I try to
point out some things you might want to try.

After step 3. of the instructions you should have a complete kernel
source tree lying somewhere under /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/

Then you need to get the config file for your new kernel. Either copy
the one provided by FC3 from step 4 into your kernel source tree
directory with the filename ".config"

Instead of step 5 use the command "make menuconfig" to get a more
friendly interface to configure the kernel options. Now you need to
activate the wireless support, it is located in "Device
Drivers->Networking Support->Wireless Lan->Wireless LAN drivers
(non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions".

Now you need to built your kernel and install it. There should be some
instructions how to do that with FC3. After that you can compile and
install the driver and it should work again.

Hope this helps.
Alexander Steppke

Mark Sansome wrote:
> Hello Chaps,
> 
> I'm sorry to be so lame but I seem to be in a spot of bother here. I've
> just upgraded from Fedora Core 2 (FC2) which I've been using for several
> months to Fedora Core 3 (FC3).
> 
> The FC2 kernel upgrades always come with kernel-source RPMs as well, so
> each time the kernel was upgraded I simply rebuilt my at76c503-rfmd
> module against the new kernel source, rebooted and everything was fine.
> 
> FC3 no longer has kernel-source RPMs citing a redundancy of effort given
> that the source is also included in the .src.rpm
> 
> Now when I upgraded to FC3 initially I had no problems installing the
> at76c503 driver against the supplied 2.6.9 kernel so I assumed that I
> had also installed the source code (without trying). However, when I
> updated the packages using RedHat's up2date system I was also given a
> 2.6.10 kernel. Building the at76c503 against this kernel failed.
> 
> I have tried (really!) to follow the instructions here http://wftp.tu-
> chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/3/i386/os/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html, and
> have done so as faithfully as I could as far as step 4. I'm not sure if
> I should do step 5 (make oldconfig) or even if I've done steps 1-4
> correctly.
> 
> The bottom line is that when I build the driver I still get the
> following error :
> 
> [root@localhost ~]# /sbin/modprobe at76c503-rfmd
> WARNING: Error inserting at76c503
> (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.770_FC3/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c503.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> FATAL: Error inserting at76c503_rfmd
> (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.770_FC3/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/at76c503/at76c503-rfmd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> [root@localhost ~]#
> 
> Can anyone help me with step-by-step instructions?
> 
> Apologies if this is too trivial for this august mailing list.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark
>