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Errors or kernel panic building drivers under Linux - Servers

Troubleshooting


Problem

You may encounter several errors when attempting to build a new driver for your SUSE Linux system. These can include errors during compile time, errors upon loading the driver, or possibly even a Kernel panic.

Resolving The Problem

Source

RETAIN tip: H18618

Symptom

You may encounter several errors when attempting to build a new driver for your SUSE Linux system. These can include errors during compile time, errors upon loading the driver, or possibly even a Kernel panic.

Affected configurations

The following operating systems are affected:  

  • SCO (any UL-based release)
  • SUSE Linux
  • TurboLinux (any UL-based release)

Note: This does not imply that the network operating system will work under all combinations of hardware and software.
 
Please see the IBM Server Proven NOS support information compatibility page for more information.  
 
The bcm5700 Device Driver for Ethernet is affected.  

Solution

You must properly configure the source on your running system before compiling or installing the driver. To do this:  

  1. Install the latest kernel-source package that matches your kernel level.
  2. Enter the /usr/src/linux directory (this should point to the most current source on a default system).
  3. Enter the following command:

    make cloneconfig
    make dep

Note: "make dep" is used with the 2.4 kernel. It is no longer necessary for 2.6 Kernel versions.

Also, if you compiled the driver from source, it is very important that you remember to copy the final compiled driver into the correct version of the following directory:  

/lib/modules/<kernel-version>  

Additional information

Often problems occur if the source is not configured correctly, which may not be documented correctly for your driver. In addition, it is not clear that the driver needs to be copied into the modules directory to work for future use.

 

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Modified date:
29 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-53357

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