11 Oct
2006
11 Oct
'06
7:27 p.m.
On 10/11/06, The Xirtna xirtna@gmail.com wrote:
hi, I am reading the book Linux Device Drivers 3rd edition(alessandro rubini)
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what does it means to have a configured and built kernel? , does it mean that i need to compile the kernel? I have the source of kernel 2.6.16.18 in the /root directory,
Please do not use /root.
how do i configure and build it?
Please help I am totally new to device drivers!
Please see the howto at http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html
In particular check the software requirements section. You will need the ncurses-devel package for curses based kernel configuration.
Regards, Mohan S N
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