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List:       uclinux-dev
Subject:    Re: [uClinux-dev] Loadable Kernel Driver: M68NOMMU or M5249C3
From:       Greg Ungerer <gerg () snapgear ! com>
Date:       2008-06-27 0:54:00
Message-ID: 48643A28.8040809 () snapgear ! com
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Hi Allon,

Allon Stern wrote:
> On Apr 15, 2008, at 1:51 PM, David van Geest wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Paul Romero 
>> <paulr@rcom-software.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there loadable driver support--insmod etc.,  for the M5249C3 ?
>>> If so, where can one find relevant instructions ?  Also, I am
>>> using the 2.4.x kernel and version 2.4.27 of  UC Linux.
>>
>> Busybox includes module utilities like insmod, rmmod, modprobe, etc.
>> While I haven't tried it personally with the 5249 or 2.4.x, I'm sure
>> many others have been successful with it.  When you choose what apps
>> to include in the distro before compiling, just select Busybox, and go
>> into the submenu to select the module utilities that you need.  Once
>> you have those compiled with the kernel, any instructions for 2.4 LKMs
>> on the web should be fine.
>>
>> I believe you also need to enable loadable kernel module support in
>> the kernel configuration menu.
> 
> There is a patch for busybox to make it happy with vfork.
> 
> http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-June/022773.html
> 
> Worked for me.

All this should be fixed in the latest uClinux-dist-test-20080620.
At least the checks I did using insmod/modprobe/rmmod on 2.4.x and
2.6.x kernels in it seemed to work fine.

Regards
Greg


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