[CentOS] rebuilding the kernel.

Fri Aug 8 21:51:19 UTC 2008
Yahia Tachwali <ytachwali at signalogic.com>

Thank you very much for the link.. I have built a new bootable kernel 
2.6.9-67 on my machine. However I still have a problem :(

During the installation at "make menuconfig" stage after "make 
oldconfig" I have added the generic HDLC package with synchronous PPP 
support and saved the new config then run

rpmbuild -bb --target=`uname -m` kernel-2.6.spec 2> build-err.log | tee 
build-out.log.

After reboot, I rechecked the menuconfig to make sure that the HDLC 
setting is there. I am not sure if this setting took effect or I have to 
make modules or build something else. So how would I know that the HDLC 
package is availalbe and built in?

To elaborate more on the reasons behind this HDLC package, I am trying 
to build a device driver that asks for HDLC support. upon building the 
driver, I get the following warnings:

  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST
*** Warning: "unregister_hdlc_device" 
[/home/DS3/wanPTMC-256T3_2_0B/driver/wan256t3.ko] undefined!
*** Warning: "hdlc_ioctl" 
[/home/DS3/wanPTMC-256T3_2_0B/driver/wan256t3.ko] undefined!
*** Warning: "hdlc_open" 
[/home/DS3/wanPTMC-256T3_2_0B/driver/wan256t3.ko] undefined!
*** Warning: "register_hdlc_device" 
[/home/DS3/wanPTMC-256T3_2_0B/driver/wan256t3.ko] undefined!
*** Warning: "hdlc_close" 
[/home/DS3/wanPTMC-256T3_2_0B/driver/wan256t3.ko] undefined!
*** Warning: "alloc_hdlcdev" 
[/home/DS3/wanPTMC-256T3_2_0B/driver/wan256t3.ko] undefined!

Therefore, I am suspecting that I need the HDLC package available. I 
would be extremely thankful for anybody who can help me in this problem. 
Am I going into the wrong direction?



jancio_wodnik at wp.pl wrote:

> Johnny Hughes pisze:
>
>> jancio_wodnik at wp.pl wrote:
>>
>>> Yahia Tachwali pisze:
>>>
>>>> Hello folks,
>>>
>>> Hi. It is request for it to add this in kernel for centosplus, look 
>>> at this: http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3019
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to add HDLC module support in the menuconfig. However, 
>>>> I am facing difficulties in rebuilding the kernel and modules. My 
>>>> main objective is to get the HDLC supported in kernel 2.6.9. I have 
>>>> a CentOS 4.4 with kernel 2.6.9.42. I need help in finding the best 
>>>> way to add the HDLC support whether through getting an RPM package 
>>>> for it or refering me to the right procedure in rebuilding the kernel.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much in advance for your help.
>>>
>>> No problem.
>>
>>
>> That request was for CentOS-5, not CentOS-4 :D
>
> ? I can see: Category: [CentOS-4] kernel-centosplus My request was 
> exactly for centos 4 branch, but for 5 is good too. So, can i count 
> for You to make it posible in centos4 to support hdlc ?
>
>>
>> HDLC was added to the CentOS-5 plus kernel for the latest version.
>>
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