Hello!
I have fixed a check for the kernel version in the Makefile that would
assume that any kernel without Rules.make is a 2.6 kernel. Now Makefile
checks the kernel version instead. This allows building the driver
against heavily stripped 2.4 kernel trees. In particular, the driver can
be compiled on KNOPPIX 3.4.
There are some changes on the 2.6 side. It has been some time since the
build system supports building external modules by setting the "M"
variable. Using SUBDIRS instead is was a hack and it may break in any
later version of the kernel. Using "M" is documented and is likely to be
preserved.
I was able to verify that the kernel shipped with Fedora Core 2 (that's
patched 2.6.5) allows using the new build system. If you have a kernel
from 2.5.x to 2.6.4, you won't be able to compile the driver outside the
tree. In this case it's recommended to upgrade the kernel. The second
best option is replacing the driver in the kernel source.
I'm sorry for inconvenience, but those kernels didn't provide a way to
build modules outside the kernel tree. We were doing it through a
"backdoor". It's more important to ensure that the next standalone
release won't break with future, more stable 2.6 kernels.
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Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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