From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 21 May 2002 14:06:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 21 May 2002 14:06:11 -0400 Received: from 12-224-36-73.client.attbi.com ([12.224.36.73]:55813 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 21 May 2002 14:06:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 11:05:15 -0700 From: Greg KH To: "Svein E. Seldal" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Custom kernel version and depmod Message-ID: <20020521180515.GF1295@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.20 (i586) Reply-By: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:02:47 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 04:23:54PM +0200, Svein E. Seldal wrote: > > Hi, > > I have written a USB device driver for the Linux kernel. For convenience I > am going to distribute it binary (rpm) in addition to the source. For > flexibility I intended to distribute the module without enabling the kernel > module version. However, depmod complains about unresolved symbols if I do > so (insmod/modprobe works of course). Is there a method of avoiding these > complaints by depmod or must I compile the driver with the kernel module > enabled (i.e. depmod is made this way). A bit off-topic, but any reason why you can not just submit your driver for inclusion in the main kernel tree? The USB developers are usually quite easy to convince to take new drivers :) And what kind of USB device is your driver for? thanks, greg k-h