RFC: blow Ethernet-over-USB into a module

Benedikt Schindler BeniSchindler at gmx.de
Thu Jul 31 09:56:52 CEST 2008


Shawn Rutledge schrieb:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Andy Green <andy at openmoko.com> wrote:
>   
>> I realize it's contentious.  You are right, it is less convenient if you
>> were in the situation you had userspace up and got an IP allocated, etc,
>> but your modules were broken.
>>     
>
> How do modules get broken?  Is it because of packaging, that the
> modules are separate from the kernel?
>
>   
That's very easy.

Take a Freerunner. Put ASU on it. Just like it's discribed on the wiki 
and in the mailings lists. (so take the mwester opkg-config)
Have a "/etc/opkg/neo1973-feed.conf" still present in the config.
do a "opkg update && opkg upgrade"

now you have a neo1973 kernel installed with all it's modules.
(Opkg rather likes the neo then the freerunner kernel. Maybe it's 
compiled later in the auto buildhost?)
Go on and download a Freerunner-om2-kernel image and flash the freerunner.

Now you have it: a Freerunner kernel and Neo1973 modules. ....  And no, 
they don't fit......
.... and please don't ask why i know that.......

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You always have a risk with flashing the kernel.
It's just growing now. But i think it's the right thing to do.

Beni





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