problems when recompiling dmasound modules

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Iain Sandoe wrote:
> > Whenever I rebuild my linux-pmac-devel tree when the kernel version changed I
> > get bitten by this:
> > The sound modules don't get rebuilt so their version doesn't match the kernel
> > version and they can't be insmoded.
> > I can investigate to find a solution myself but I figured it should be easier
> > for Geert or one of the other dmasound hackers to fix it.
>
> I just did (after an absence of nearly six months ;-) :
>
> rsync ppc.samba.og::linux-pmac-devel - which picked up 2.4.0-t13-p3
> make mrproper
> make menuconfig (selected, amongst other things, sound card support built
> in, pmac sound as module)
> make dep vmlinux modules modules_install
>   - I saw it compile the damsound_core, dmasound_awacs
> copied the kernel to my MacOS partition...
> rebooted
> modprobe dmasound_awacs
>
> and viola!
> it seemed to work as before...
>
> (so maybe that wasn't what you were saying at all ;-)

Real men don't have the time to do `make mrproper' and `make menuconfig' every
time the kernel changed, so they rely on `make oldconfig' and `make dep'
instead...

Sorry Michel, no clue...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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