[CentOS] Trying to find all the kernel modules needed for my machine using shell script

Aft nix aftnix at gmail.com
Fri Jul 13 10:39:12 EDT 2012


On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Aft nix <aftnix at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm developing kernel modules right now, and the build times are
>> starting to get under my skin. As a side effect i'm taking way too
>> many "coffee" breaks during builds.
> (snip)
>> 3) Is there any way i can get the "Centos specific" patches in "plain
>> patch" format? That means i dont wanna do things in src-rpm way.
>> If the patches are available in normal patch format i can keep
>> everything tidy in my kernel git tree.
>
> The CentOS way of "Build Your Own Kernel Modules" is described in this
> CentOS wiki article:
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BuildingKernelModules
>
> I suggest you try method 1 first to see if you can build your module.
> Once confirmed, you may want to proceed to method 3 to build a
> kABI-compatible module.
>
> You can ask further questions about kmods either here, or better yet,
> on the ELRepo's mailing list. ELRepo ( http://elrepo.org ) builds a
> number of kernel modules for RHEL/CentOS/SL.
>
> Akemi
>

So bottom line is, i can't get the patches other than src-rpms?


I better learn this thing, i guess.
cheers.
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