rebuilding kernel modules issues
 

I have a Tyan S3870 (K855A) motherboard which I would like to perform a
burn in test with. lm_sensors needs a kernel module compiled to be
support this motherboard's sensors.


The instructions, for compiling the module, by tyan
(ftp://ftp.tyan.com/software/lms/3870.sensors.conf) match closely with
the instructions I found here
(http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_centos).


I simply installed the kernel source (yum install kernel-devel) and
tried the first basic step, cleaning (which is probably not needed at
this point), but it threw the first of many errors I have run into.


# uname -a
Linux fwtest 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 #1 SMP Tue May 20 09:34:18 EDT 2008 i686
athlon i386 GNU/Linux


# cd /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.21.el5-i686
# make clean && make mrproper
scripts/Makefile.clean:17:
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.21.el5-i686/drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100/Makefile:
No such file or directory
make[3]: *** No rule to make target
`/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.21.el5-i686/drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100/Makefile'.
Stop.

make[2]: *** [drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100] Error 2
make[1]: *** [drivers/infiniband] Error 2
make: *** [_clean_drivers] Error 2

I then proceed to the next step of "make menuconfig". I select the
driver "i2c-piix4" and then save, exit, and attempt to compile the modules.


[root@fwtest 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5-i686]# make modules
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `arch/i386/kernel/msr.c', needed by
`arch/i386/kernel/msr.o'. Stop.

make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2

I tried deselecting the "i2c-piix4" driver, and tried again with the
same results. I also tried grabbing the .config file from /boot/ (cp
/boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config) with the exact same results.


This is a clean, newly installed, fully updated system. Shouldn't I be
able to do this without error? Am I missing another package to be able
to compile the kernel modules as is?


Thanks for any help,
Kenneth
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rebuilding kernel modules issues
 

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Kenneth Burgener
<kenneth@mail1.ttak.org> wrote:
> I have a Tyan S3870 (K855A) motherboard which I would like to perform a burn
> in test with. lm_sensors needs a kernel module compiled to be support this
> motherboard's sensors.
>
> The instructions, for compiling the module, by tyan
> (ftp://ftp.tyan.com/software/lms/3870.sensors.conf) match closely with the
> instructions I found here
> (http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_centos).

If you must rebuild the kernel or kernel module, I recommend you do it
the "CentOS way" by following the CentOS wiki articles:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel
and
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BuildingKernelModules

Akemi
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On 6/12/2008 10:11 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote:

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Kenneth Burgener
<kenneth@mail1.ttak.org> wrote:

I have a Tyan S3870 (K855A) motherboard which I would like to perform a burn
in test with. lm_sensors needs a kernel module compiled to be support this
motherboard's sensors.


If you must rebuild the kernel or kernel module, I recommend you do it
the "CentOS way" by following the CentOS wiki articles:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel
and
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BuildingKernelModules

Akemi



Thank you. Your suggestion showed me the errors of my way. Turns out I
was missing a package. I needed the "full kernel source"
(kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.src.rpm). :-)


Kenneth
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