[lug] rio500 support kernel 2.4.1

[D. Stimits]

charles at lunarmedia.net wrote:
> 
> why is it that a tarball of 2.4.1 from kernel.org doesnt show an option of
> rio500 support as a module when i run 'make menuconfig'?
> 
> in /usr/src/linux/drivers/usb/, rio500.c and rio500_usb.c both exist. and
> in /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ there is a rio directory which holds a
> myriad of files.
> 
> reading over the rio500 drivers page on sourceforge which is also in the
> Documentation directory expanded from the 2.4.1 tar file, it asks you to
> add modular support for rio500 within the kernel.
> 
> i don't see how this is possible. i've updated my modutils to the most
> recent and as i had said before i am using 2.4.1 as the kernel. what am i
> missing?
> 
> thanks! -charles

I haven't looked for it, but there are quite a few options that are only
available if you say yes to devel items. Plus it isn't unusual for some
option like sound or pty98 to be enabled for other things to show up
that depend on them. You might want to directly edit the .config file
created from your config and search for "rio" to see if it is in there
commented out somewhere, which in turn might give a clue to what items
nearby might be needed.