Re: Custom driver image for etch

2008-04-16 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 14-04-2008 om 13:46 schreef Paul Civati: > Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Basically, there are many ways to do this. But if you want to do something > > complex, you'll need to invest the time to learn how yourself. > > If you do find something that works for you and is not documented

Re: Custom driver image for etch

2008-04-14 Thread Paul Civati
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems overly complex to me. > Why not just put the modules on a webserver somewhere and then just use a > preseed-early script to do wget and depmod? If that is done before Detect > disks, then it should possibly even be loaded automatically. > And then us

Re: Custom driver image for etch

2008-04-11 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 11 April 2008, Paul Civati wrote: > I suppose what I'm asking really is, how do I build a udeb with > my module, what additional files are needed in the image, and > then, can I preseed that additional image? > > That seems an appropriate solution? It seems overly complex to me. Why not

Re: Custom driver image for etch

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Civati
I looked at the cd-drivers.img, net-drivers-1.img, net-drivers-2.img images and I see that there are udeb packages, plus some additional files to indicate what the modules are, PCI device IDs and the like. I suppose what I'm asking really is, how do I build a udeb with my module, what additional f

Re: Custom driver image for etch

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Civati
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Basically you need to build your driver module against the kernel headers > for the same kernel the installer uses (which is the -486 flavor of the > i386 kernel) and make sure the ABI matches. So, if 'uname -a' in the > installer gives you 2.6.18-6-486, you

Re: Custom driver image for etch

2008-04-11 Thread Paul Civati
Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need to use a kernel module at install time and thereafter, > > for a RAID card that isn't supported in the standard kernels. > > Please spent effort in a dialog with the manufacturer of the RAID card. > Explain them that you what to use their prod

Re: Custom driver image for etch

2008-04-11 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 09 April 2008, Paul Civati wrote: > I could build a custom installer/kernel, but I'd really like > to only install the driver module so that the system can still > make use of the standard updated kernels. Presuming that any > apt upgraded kernels would not wipe out my custom driver.

Re: Custom driver image for etch

2008-04-11 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 09-04-2008 om 13:54 schreef Paul Civati: > I need to use a kernel module at install time and thereafter, > for a RAID card that isn't supported in the standard kernels. Please spent effort in a dialog with the manufacturer of the RAID card. Explain them that you what to use their product with

Custom driver image for etch

2008-04-09 Thread Paul Civati
I need to use a kernel module at install time and thereafter, for a RAID card that isn't supported in the standard kernels. I could build a custom installer/kernel, but I'd really like to only install the driver module so that the system can still make use of the standard updated kernels. Presum