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Re: [ts-7000] Compiling pl2303, usb camera modules

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Compiling pl2303, usb camera modules
From: Christopher Friedt <>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:57:50 +0100
The compiler also needs to know where the rest of the kernel resides.

I think that usually you'll have to define a 'KERNELDIR' variable or 
something.

You won't be able to build the module outside of the kernel tree if you 
haven't also extracted the kernel sources and configured them because 
all modules depend on static code within the kernel itself (printk for 
example).

You should download the kernel source code you're compiling against and then

'less <sources>/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt'

That might only be for the 2.6 kernel.


This driver you're compiling should come with a makefile or something 
though, doesn't it?

~/Chris


Brandon Christel wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I'm having a hard time finding documentation about how to cross compile 
> the modules.  I've read up on insmod and getting things running once i 
> have the .o files, but I can't compile the driver.
> 
> I used the Pl2303 code in the files section on the yahoo groups page, as 
> well as the code for my camera found 
> here:http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html.  (it's a creative webcam 
> notebook model PD1170, shown supported using driver spca5xx here:  
> http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html)
> I have the source code, I just can't get the modules to compile using 
> this makefile(for the 2303):
> 
> # contains optimizations for 386 architecture
> # contains 02 optimazition used for IO functions
> CC=../workspace/ARM-toolchain/opt/crosstool/gcc-4.0.1-glibc-2.3.5/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/arm-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc
>  
> 
> #CC=gcc
> 
> module: pl2303.c pl2303.h
>     $(CC) -O0 -g -lm pl2303.o -DMODULE -D__KERNEL -06 -c pl2303.c pl2303.h
> 
> 
> I can get regular software to compile using that cross compiler (using 
> their peekpoke.h for I2C communication and a lot of serial i/o - tested 
> and working), however I dont know how to get the modules to work.  Can 
> anyone explain to me the basics or point me in the right direction of 
> where to look?  I can't find documentation that I can understand so any 
> help is greatly appreciated
> Brandon Christel


 
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