User's Manual

Appendix B – Linux Installations

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Installation Steps

Install the Kernel Sources

To build the TI USB driver you must have the matching kernel sources for your kernel.

To verify that you have matching kernel sources, run "uname -r" to get the version of the running kernel.

Then check for the directory /usr/src/linux-<version>, /lib/modules/<version>/source,

/lib/modules/<version>/build, or /usr/src/linux-<stripped_version>, where stripped_version has the extra

version information removed. In these directories look for the files include/linux/autoconf.h and .config.

If you do not find the correct kernel source directory, you must find and install the kernel sources from

your distribution CDs or other media.

Prepare the Kernel Sources

This step may or may not be necessary, depending on how your Linux distribution installs the kernel

sources.

Command Explanation

1. cd /usr/src/linux-<version> Change to the source directory.

2. make mrproper Clean up any old files.

3. Use either of these commands:

make oldconfig

-OR-

make cloneconfig

Make a configuration file to match your

running kernel.

for Red Hat

for SUSE

For other distributions these same

commands might work, or you might need

to find a config file in /boot or in a configs

directory, copy it to .config, and run "make

oldconfig".

4. make dep Create the dependency and version files.

If you have built your own kernel, the kernel sources will already be installed and prepared. If you are

using a kernel that came with a Linux distribution, it can sometimes be difficult to get the kernel sources

correctly installed and prepared, since each Linux distribution handles kernel sources slightly differently.

For example, if you get errors about the wrong kernel version, you may have installed the wrong kernel

sources, or you may need to edit the kernel version in the top level Makefile of the kernel sources. If you

get compilation errors, perhaps you forgot to run "make oldconfig" and "make dep".

If you have difficulties, look carefully at the error messages when installing the TGZ or RPM packages--

those messages should give you an indication of just what the error is.