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Re: [pwc] pwc.ko silently fails to build in latest FC4 kernel

To: "Luc Saillard" <>
Subject: Re: [pwc] pwc.ko silently fails to build in latest FC4 kernel
From: "Lonni J Friedman" <>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 18:17:57 -0700
On 4/7/06, Luc Saillard <> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 10:56:23PM +0200, M Daniel R M wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I just tried again in FC4 with pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701 and saw no
> > > improvement.  still a silent failure to build the module.
> > >
> > > --
> >
> > I did it too a couple of hours ago, the same output as yours; I'd say
> > the "problem" is that the latest kernel-devel package from Fedora/RedHat
> > is not as _maybe_ expected.. I don't know. Anyway, the developer is on
> > it.
>
> Seems, that the kernel source is not configured. After installing a fedora
> core 4, update the distro with yum, install gcc, and the kernel-devel.i686
> (release 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4)
> Just enter into the directory /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source/
>   # cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source/
>   # make oldconfig
>   # cd .../pwc/
>   # make
>
> Note the pwc driver install do not erase the previously driver. So you must
> check after loading the module, the version number.

Thanks, that did the trick!

My only remaining question is, shouldn't your driver have produced
some kind of error rather than silently failing to 'make'?


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