On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 11:28:32PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > Is it possible to compile a single module from a later kernel source for > my current kernel? > > I'm using the stock Debian kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686, but the driver for > my sound card only works in 2.4.20 and later. I want to keep running the > Debian one for the stability and the security updates, though. Is there > some way to take i810_audio.c from the 2.4.20 kernel sources and compile > it for my 2.4.18? It doesn't seem like it would be all that different > from other third-party modules (like NVIDIA's), except that I don't have > a Makefile ready.
Why not just install kernel-source-2.4.20 (or later) and build the whole thing? It's probably easier than trying to build one module from a later source and wire it in by hand - which cannot be guaranteed to work anyway; you're still running a Debian-patched kernel, so you still have the security advantages. There's no difficulty about installing kernel source packages from sarge or sid on a woody system, as they don't have any awkward dependencies. It only gets mildly tricky if you want to run 2.6.x. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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