[lug] rio500 module support

[D. Stimits]

C Menzes wrote:
> 
> i am running RH7 on my laptop using the out of the box kernel 2.2.16-22.
> when i run make menuconfig from /usr/src/linux, i see under the USB
> devices section, a module available for rio500(experimental).
> 
> i recently added source for the 2.4.0-test11 kernel to /usr/src. i changed
> my symlink for linux to point to this dir. i ran make menuconfig and found
> that although there was a section for USB support, there was no module
> option for rio500.
> 
> i upgraded my modutils package to 2.3.21, and downloaded the
> rio500-linux-drivers tarball. i compiled and ran install. i received:
> 
> mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/usb
> install -c rio500.o /lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/usb
> /sbin/depmod -a 2.4.0-test11
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/usb/rio500.o
> 
> sure enough, the usb dir was added to the 2.4.0 modules directory, and
> there appears to be a rio500.o file. i'm not clear though on how to use
> insmod to load this module. i'm also uncertain as to what the "Unresolved
> symbols" means.

Did you also install the new System.map that is generated with kernel
compile? If not, depmod -a probably gives a lot of unresolved symbols.
Either your System.map isn't installed for this particular kernel, or
the kernel lacks the interface that the rio module needs.

> 
> is there a manner to compile this such that it appears as a modular option
> in make menuconfig? if not, how can i use insmod to make sure that this
> will be loaded.
> 
> currently, the only module being loaded is for my sound card:
> 
> [~/rio500-linux-driver] Yes, my master? >lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> maestro                27772   0
> 
> i can access my rio fine from 2.2.16, but its a no go from 2.4.0
> i can't live like this :)
> 
> thanks!
> -cjm
> 
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