Where is my Kernel Path in Fedora Core 5?

[titanas]

Hello all!

i want to install a hostap driver for a prism 2.5 mini pci wireless card and at the readme file says that i have to edit the kernel path in makefile.

Kernels are store in usr/src... directories right? but i cannot find it in mine.
mine goes : usr/src/redhat & then one of the following folders: BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS and they are all empty.
What is my KERNEL_PATH?

Also the driver (hostap_pci.o) for pci cards is the same for mini pci right?

Need help!

[Schotty]

No your kernel will reside in /boot/

Your kernel modules are in /lib/modules IIRC

[titanas]

Ok thanks!These are in boot... The kernel im using is 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5... which one i set as path: system.map , vmlinuz , initrd ??? I guess i dont use the kernel modules as path as there is no kernel file inside.

config-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
lost+found/
config-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5
System.map-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
grub/
System.map-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5
initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
initrd-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.img
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5

KERNEL_PATH : /boot/?

[Schotty]

Being at work when I posted earlier, I couldnt check it out myself, since I can't download.

Now I am looking at this and this is your kernel source you are looking at which you would give it /usr/src/linux...... (kernel number goes in there). That would require your kernel sources, headers, and the developer tools.

BTW -- have you tried just using the default setting? Unless we are looking at two different drivers, the docs read that no makefile mods should be needed, and a make is sufficient most of the time.

[titanas]

i installed 2.6.16-1.2128_FC5.i686.rpm kernel & devel and a new folder is created at /usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5.i686 and also at /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5.

The problem is that when i do uname -a i get my old kernel 2.6.16.-1.2128_FC5. Why is there since i installed the new one?

The hostap driver mentions this in README:

PCI cards based on Prism2.5/3 hostap_pci.o
-----------------------------

'Makefile' includes commands for compiling and installing Host AP
driver for systems using Prism2.5/3-based PCI cards. These cards do not
use pcmcia-cs package. Edit KERNEL_PATH in Makefile to match your
system. Run 'make' (this compiles the sources; this step can be
run as non-root user). After the compilation has finished, you can
install hostap_pci.o by running 'make install' (as root). You can
probe PCI bus for Prism2.5/3 PCI cards and initialize the devices by loading
the module ('modprobe hostap_pci').

This is also valid for mini pci cards also right?Coz my prism2.5 is mini pci.

[titanas]

Then reboot idiot :P (i was referring to myself)

[root@monaco kernels]# uname -a
Linux monaco.uni.lux 2.6.16-1.2128_FC5 #1 Tue May 30 21:56:41 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Everything looks fine now.
For KERNEL_PATH i put now /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5/build where build is a file ? or /usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5-i686 ?

I put KERNEL_PATH ?= /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5/build <---in makefile
At the Hostap folder i run: make and i get the following error:

[root@monaco hostap-driver-0.3.10]# make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5/build SUBDIRS=/root/Desktop/Prism 2.5/Hostap 0.3.x/hostap-driver-0.3.10/driver/modules \
MODVERDIR=/root/Desktop/Prism 2.5/Hostap 0.3.x/hostap-driver-0.3.10/driver/modules modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5-i686'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `2.5/Hostap'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5-i686'
make: *** [2.6] Error 2

What am i doing wrong? Is it something in the makefile i need to change?

[redhead]

Everything looks fine now.
For KERNEL_PATH i put now /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5/build where build is a file ? or /usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5-i686 ?

isn't it allready there?

> ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2006-05-31 18:24 /lib/modules/2.6.16.19/build -> /usr/src/kernel/linux-2.6.16.19/

[titanas]

ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 May 31 15:16 /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5/build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5-i686

So i went to my makefile and i put at KERNEL_PATH ?= /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5/build .

[root@monaco hostap-driver-0.3.10]# make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5/build SUBDIRS=/root/Desktop/Prism 2.5/Hostap 0.3.x/hostap-driver-0.3.10/driver/modules \
MODVERDIR=/root/Desktop/Prism 2.5/Hostap 0.3.x/hostap-driver-0.3.10/driver/modules modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5-i686'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `2.5/Hostap'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5-i686'
make: *** [2.6] Error 2

As you can see its beeing redirected to /usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2128_FC5-i686 but there doesnt find something.. Do i have to copy a file in there or something that is missing?

[titanas]

=/root/Desktop/Prism 2.5/Hostap 0.3.x/hostap-driver-0.3.10/driver/modules

The problem was in here Prism 2.5 must be written with no gaps

The problem is that later make initialises but iam being told that the driver is included in my kernel version (which i already know) and the procedure stops.

I did some modifications to the driver though i want this one to be installed and not use the one already intergrated in the kernel... any help on that ?what do i do?