ASM module for kernel 2.4.21-27EL

Does anybody know from where I can download ASM module (RPM or source) for kernel 2.4.21-27EL . I managed to install ocfs module with that kernel using ENBD - project for network shared storage, but the ASM module for kernels 2.4.21x is compiled for 2.4.21-19
the source supports only 2.4.19...
Any idea anybody?

Hi, please send me the error log file,
Thanks.
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2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden.
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| W110: Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-modconfig-7478.log
2013-04-29T09:49:27.892+01:00| vthread-3| W110: Icon name must be set.
Interestingly, after deinstallation and reinstallation the VMWare Player works fine.
Any hint, what's going wrong?
Last edited by Thomas_Do (2013-08-07 07:25:51)

Today, (Kernel 3.10.5-1, VMware Player version 5.02 with kernel patches) the modules could successful be generated from the CLI:
vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Solved (somehow).

Should modules for different kernels differ?

I'm trying to build acpi_call-git from the AUR. The build seems to go rather too smoothly. I uninstalled a custom kernel (which I only have for debugging) which leaves the standard Arch and Arch LTS kernels installed. I have the headers installed for both kernels:
$ pacman -Qs linux-[lts-]*headers
local/linux-headers 3.11.4-1
Header files and scripts for building modules for Linux kernel
local/linux-lts-headers 3.10.15-1
Header files and scripts for building modules for Linux-lts kernel
What is confusing me is that the package seems to build identical modules for the two kernels and I am not sure whether that's right:
$ diff pkg/acpi_call-git/usr/lib/modules/extramodules-3.11-ARCH/acpi_call.ko.gz pkg/acpi_call-git/usr/lib/modules/extramodules-3.10-lts/acpi_call.ko.gz
$ echo $?
0
Shouldn't there be a difference between the two? That is, I know that you typically need modules which match the kernel - otherwise the modules can't be loaded. So presumably if building module M for kernel K1 produces M1, and building module M for kernel K2 produces M2, then M1 cannot be identical with M2.
Is there a problem here or am I just horribly confused?

If the kernel functions (especially the specifications) used by acpi_call haven't changed, then the module could indeed be the same for both kernels.
You'd have to check the kernel commits for acpi related changes to be sure.

Script to easily build modules for custom kernels

I got bored, and thought of this ages ago. I have no use for it now, but i'm sure someone else will.
run:
abs-module $modulename $kernel
$modulename is any kernel module that's available in /var/abs, so if you have some that arent in a default abs, put em in /var/abs/local and they will be spotted by this.
$kernel is the name of the kernel that you want to compile for. this can be found with 'uname -r'. If $kernel is not specified, then it will default to what you are running now.
this will only work for module packages that have a variable called _kernver which sets the kernel it will be compiled for. I know all the winmodems, ATi and drivers I maintain do, not sure about some of the others. nvidia won't work.
#! /bin/bash
# Set the variables up
module="$1"
kernel="$2"
pacman="1"
current="`uname -r`"
# Check things
if [ -z "$module" ]; then
echo "No module specified"
return 1
fi
if [ -z "$kernel" ]; then
echo "No kernel specified, building for: $current"
kernel="$current"
fi
if [ ! -e "/lib/modules/$kernel/build" ]; then
echo "Specified kernel is not installed"
return 1
fi
# Check if module exists
origdir="`find /var/abs -type d -name $module`"
if [ -z "$origdir" ]; then
echo "Specified module does not exist"
return 1
fi
# Prepare to build
newdir="/var/abs/local/$module-$kernel"
if [ -d "$newdir" ]; then
rm -rf "$newdir"
fi
cp -R $origdir $newdir
cd $newdir
source PKGBUILD
if [ -z "$_kernver" ]; then
echo "PKGBUILD does not have $_kernver."
return 1
fi
sed "s/$_kernver/$kernel/g" -i PKGBUILD
sed "s/pkgname=$pkgname/pkgname=$pkgname-$kernel/g" -i PKGBUILD
# Build!
makepkg
# Post build messages/install
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
package="`find $newdir -name *pkg.tar.gz`"
# variable is at top
if [ "$pacman" = "1" ]; then
pacman -U $package
else
echo "Package is ready to install: $package"
fi
else
echo "Build failed"
fi
sorry if there's any stupid bash in there, i'm tired. and yeah, I know it's a tad verbose and spacy, but it seems to works fine.
James

Iphitus > I'm looking 4 something like your script that will allow me to load spca5xx when running my custom kernelbeyond
Unfortunetely spca5xx seems not to be manageable by your abs-module script, as its PKGBUILD doesn't have a variable called _kernver.
Log :
/usr/bin/abs-make-module spca5xx
No kernel specified, building for: 2.6.17-beyond-LLEWELLYN
PKGBUILD does not have .
/usr/bin/abs-make-module: line 52: return: can only `return' from a function or sourced script
sed: -e expression #1, char 0: no previous regular expression
==> Making package: spca5xx-2.6.17-beyond-LLEWELLYN 0.60.00-2 (Sun Jul 23 11:44:52 CEST 2006)
==> Validating source files with MD5sums
spca5xx-20060501.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
==> tar --use-compress-program=gzip -xf spca5xx-20060501.tar.gz
tar: spca5xx-20060501/drivers: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 01:00:00
==> Starting build()...
./PKGBUILD: line 13: cd: /var/abs/local/spca5xx-2.6.17-beyond-LLEWELLYN/src/spca5xx-2.6.17-beyond-LLEWELLYN-20060501: No such file or directory
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
==> ERROR: Build Failed. Aborting...
Build failed

Problem inserting module for my dvb-s2 card on any kernel after 2.6.35

Firstly these drivers contain some proprietary bits so I have to download them from here. Basically it's some modified version of the cx23885 module from the mainline kernel.
Secondly here is a 10 page discussion on the TBS forums about this driver and getting it to work with kernels after 2.6.35.
Card is TBS 6891.
These proprietary drivers seem to be working with other distros such as Fedora and Ubuntu as witnessed in the previously linked thread, but, for some reason when I try and insert the module on my Arch Linux x86_64 box I get the following error.
# modprobe cx23885
FATAL: Error inserting cx23885 (/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
# dmesg|tail -n1
[ 2373.648484] cx23885: Unknown symbol v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_cfg (err 0)
So I was wondering if anyone might be able to help with this. Maybe Fedora or Ubuntu have kernel config options different to Arch that I could try. Or kernel/v4l patches I could try.
Last edited by frontwheelskid (2011-06-08 10:48:01)

"cody" has replied in the tbs forums with information to get this compiled and working with arch linux:
it seems though on ArchLinux you need to do one extra step before 'make install':
# rm -rf /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/media/
for example:
# rm -rf /lib/modules/2.6.39-ARCH/kernel/drivers/media/
because otherwise the existing V4L modules in ArchLinux mixed up in a wrong way with the one installed by TBS Linux driver package.
I hope this info shortens other peoples searches!
Ali.

ASM module for kernel 2.4.21-27EL

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