Hi I found my problem. I was not renaming the new kernel as kernel when I copied the bzImage file to vendor/asus/eee_701 - so my new kernel was not being loaded...
I have to try this when I get home tonight... Gani On Apr 22, 6:17 am, Gani Bhagavathula <gani.bhagavath...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > I am trying to compile Wifi support, but getting stuck at a more basic > place. I dont think I am even loading the kernel that I am > compiling. Here is what I do - I did a menuconfig on the kernel, and > compiled bzImage. I also did something like 'make SUBDIRS=drivers/net/ > wireless/ath5k modules' to get a ath5k.ko file for the module. > > Then I copied the bzImage into the vendor/asus/eee_701 directory as > suggested. Also the ath5k.ko module into vendor/asus/eee_701/modules > directory. The module ends up in the image allright. I have added > the relavant lines in the init.rc to load the ath5k module also. > > However, in the dmesg, I see something like "ath5k disagrees with the > version of struct_symbol". Looks like the stock kernel that came from > the repo (2.6.25) is being loaded, rather than the one I compiled > 2.6.27. That kind of makes sense, since the driver didnt work when I > tried to make it part of the driver rather than a module either. > > I must be missing a step after copying the bzImage into place and > before I compile the installer_img OR the make-live script is making a > difference. One of these. Can you help? > > Regards,Gani --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
