Question for cross compiling kernel module

[Willhelm]

Recently I bought an usb-to-ethernet adapter:

http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=131;71;112

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416gBTxsI8L.jpg

I noticed that the Pandora lacks of the kernel needed module. Is there an easy way to get the ready to use kernel module?

Up to now I spend several hours trying out two guides about cross compiling from the openpandora wiki 

http://pandorawiki.org/Cross-compiler 

But as i got it right i also need the kernel headers from the kernel i currently use on my pandora. (SZ 1.71). Is there a repository for the (current) used kernel (headers).

any help is appreciated

 

[Linux-SWAT]

You'd better ask notaz in the 3.2 kernel thread as it would be good to have this kind of drivers out of the box.

 

[Willhelm]

oke it might be a to hard task for such a noob like me

 

[notaz]

Try "upgrade pandora OS". the thing you listed might be supported by latest kernel release.

 

[Willhelm]

Try "upgrade pandora OS". the thing you listed might be supported by latest kernel release.

true story, worked out of the box :rolleyes:

 

[levi]

D'oh!

Wouldn't you just need to build the appropriate kernel module (.so file) for that sort of thing these days anyway?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

It's .ko.

You probably need the same compiler than the kernel you're running.

 

[Willhelm]

It's .ko.

You probably need the same compiler than the kernel you're running.

With the new firmware it works  out of the box.

Thinking in a theoretical way if it was not working out of the box, would the following work in order to compile a functional kernel module:

* Installing DJWillis.27s_Cross_Compiler

* hoping that the provided compiler is the same on my pandora (identical)

* fetching the kernel headers of the current (pandora) kernel

* modifying the make flle of the kernel module

* cross compile the kernel module

 

[ptitSeb]

You can probably compile natively with CDevTools also (don't use Codeblocks for that).

 

[Linux-SWAT]

You can also recompile a full kernel with the latest Slackware and compile the missing module.

http://pandorawiki.org/Software_projects/OS/Slackware/Advanced_usage/Kernel