Cannot build ch9x00_usb kernel module

[doragasu]

I gave the CDevTools package a chance to build ch9x00_usb module (for a cheap chinese USB to Ethernet adapter). On my Arch box it is just a matter of calling make and waiting a pair of seconds, but I suppose CDevTools does not install the kernel sources (or any other thing needed) so I get a "/lib/modules/3.2.67/build: No such file or directory" error.

Any advice building it?

In case anyone wants to give it a try, I have attached the driver sources.

View attachment ch9x00_usb-0.0.1.tar.gz

 

[levi]

FWIW, on my Arch box, /etc/modules/*/build only contains one file; vmlinux.  Despite the name, it doesn't appear to be a kernel (judging by its strings output).

Also, have to tried using CodeBlocks?  AIUI that has a more complete dev environment than CDevTools ever had, and might have what you need.

 

[notaz]

http://notaz.gp2x.de/misc/pnd/ko/3.2.69/ch9x00.ko
You need the lastest SZ for this - your post mentions 3.2.67 which is something older.

 

[doragasu]

Thanks a lot @notaz!

I'll try it ASAP!

 

[doragasu]

Tested. Unfortunately, it doesn't work (or at least I don't know how to load it).
 

$ uname -a
Linux doragasu-pandora 3.2.69 #1123 Sun Jul 19 00:32:37 EEST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux
$ sudo insmod ch9x00.ko
insmod: error inserting 'ch9x00.ko': -1 Invalid module format
$ file ch9x00.ko
ch9x00.ko: ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
$ md5sum ch9x00.ko 
afcd85097316a4dbaf138c36d26e744f  ch9x00.ko

Am I doing anything wrong?

 

[notaz]

Ok I had changed my kernel .config and forgot about it, try to redownload. Also the module seems to depend on usbnet, so "modprobe usbnet" before insmoding ch9x00.

 

[doragasu]

It's working great now, thanks!

Will it be included on next SZ release?

 

[notaz]

Yup, although no new release is planned for now.

 

[HelenF]

Hi notaz, please could you build the hid-topseed kernel module? (For a USB IR receiver.)

 

[notaz]

I guess you mean hid-topseed?

http://notaz.gp2x.de/misc/pnd/ko/3.2.69/hid-topseed.ko

 

[HelenF]

Thanks! It now works the same as on the desktop. (What did I say that required guessing?)

 

[notaz]

I can almost swear you had hid-topspeed there, but maybe it was my brain interpolating it.

 

[HelenF]

I'm sure I didn't edit that. Anyway, good to know I'm not missing something obvious there.