Compiling a new kernel

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From: Tony Langdon
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 00:00

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It's 26 Nov 97  21:37,
We'll return to hettar@mailbox.uq.edu.au and All's
discussion of Compiling a new kernel

 he> Also I wanted to know how I can Install device drivers on linux??

 he> I found drivers for my network card but am not sure what to do with
 he> them. It is just a tar file which unpacks to the /usr/src dir. Do i
 he> have to compile them

Generally, you have to apply a patch to the kernel source (this should
be what the tar.gz contains).  You need to ensure the patch is the right
one for your kernel version.  Once the patch is applied, you have to
recompile your kernel before the driver is ready for use.


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