l-modem for Debian
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Please see README for a description of the sl-modem software.
The Debian sl-modem source package provides the package sl-modem-source, which
provides the source for the kernel modules
To get the final modules from sl-modem-source, follow these instructions:
a) First, update the local source directory. If you use
module-assistant, running "m-a clean sl-modem" should be enough.
Otherwise, change to /usr/src and extract the driver source executing:
tar jxvf sl-modem.tar.bz2
b) Next, build and install the driver using one of the following ways:
- For already compiled kernel (eg. the currently running) with the
module-assistant tool:
module-assistant auto-install sl-modem-source
- Using the make-kpkg(1) command provided by the kernel-package Debian
package. This will produce a corresponding sl-modem-modules package for
the Debian kernel-image package that you are using. This is "the Debian
way". See the "modules_image" section of the make-kpkg(1) man page. When
done, you can install the resulting sl-modem-x.y.z*.deb with dpkg.
- Doing make-kpkg's job by hand, changing to /usr/src/modules/sl-modem and
executing:
debian/rules kdist KVERS=`uname -r` KSRC=/usr/src/kernel-headers-`uname -r`
This assumes that you are building a modules package for the currently
running kernel (uname -r) and the associated kernel-headers package is
installed (eg. kernel-headers-2.4.20-bf2.4).
- Changing to the /usr/src/modules/sl-modem/ directory and building as
the README file instructs using "make; make install". This will build
and install a module specific to the system you are building on and is
not under control of the packaging system.