++ 07/06/05 16:11 +0100 - <Robert Haines>:

Hey,

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm probably being daft, but I'm stuck.
> 
> I need to add ieee1394 (firewire) support into my kernel. I've 
> downloaded the kernel src.rpm and jumped through all the relevent hoops 
> to get a source tree. I've made the changes to add ieee1394 modules to 
> the build and rebuilt. I've installed the modules and the kernel and so 
> on and rebooted.
> 
> It all works fine apart from the fact that openafs is now broken. So I 
> downloaded the openafs src.rpm and tried to rebuild that in the usual 
> way but it has kernel-devel as a dependency! kernel-devel doesn't exist 
> for my custom kernel!
 
One answer would be to unpack the openafs source and comment out the 'Requires'
for kernel-devel. You have to have the kernel source in the right location, but
it sounds like you already know that.

The other avenue is to build from a tarball at openafs.org. 

Short instructions for sites upgrading from a previous version of AFS:
% ./configure --enable-transarc-paths
% make
% make dest

will create a Transarc-style dest tree in ${SYS_NAME}/dest where
${SYS_NAME} is the AFS sysname of the system you built for.
This assumes if you're building for Linux that your kernel source is
in /usr/src/linux.

 
> I guess what I really want to do is to just add the relevent ieee1394 
> modules into my kernel without recompiling the lot (or the kernel 
> itself). The following message gave me hope, implying that I don't need 
> a full exploded source tree: 
> http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0505&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&F=&S=&P=9900
> but left me confused as I can't find the ieee1394 code in the 
> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.9-5.0.5.EL-i686 tree anywhere.
> 
> So what should I do? I'm after a solution that won't cause me loads of 
> hassle everytime there's a new kernel released!
> 
> Any ideas? This kernel-devel thing has me stumped...
 
I typically just build from openafs.org source. It's easier when you modify the kernel.

Luck,
John

> Cheers,
> Rob
> 
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