On Fri, 21 May 1999, Nadarajah, Dinesh wrote: > the sound driver as a "module" was much easier. Is there a program that can > do this under Debian also (I mean without recompiling the Kernel - I would > like to be able to load it as a module). I have a SoundBlaster AWE32 card.
To get modules, you have to recompile the kernel. In the configuration, you can choose to put it in the kernel or to make it as a module. Take a look at Section 11 of the Debian FAQ for more info on recompiling the kernel. http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-11.html hmmm... speaking of that FAQ, it's slightly out of date... "make-kpkg -r Custom.N kernel-image" doesn't work anymore, you need "make-kpkg -rev Custom.N kernel-image"... Time to submit another bug report i guess.