Pete McEvoy wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 04:53:29PM +0100, Darragh Ó Héiligh wrote:
>>> All I really have to do is add a few modules to the kernel to make an
>> application called speakup run. Unfortunately it only runs in kernel
>> space.
>>>> Its often possible to compile modules against the running kernel without
> having to recompile the kernel. Debian has something called
> module-assistant which helps automate the process, but in the absence of
> that, you should just need a copy of the source (or perhaps headers)
> matching your running kernel, make sure the version of gcc you're running
> matches the one that originally compiled your kernel (cat /proc/version)
> then compile away.
>> Obviously, theres lots of ways this wouldnt work, but its often worth a
> try rather than recompiling the whole kernel, which is so 90's...
>>If its a loadable Kernel module you need kernel headers only and the
kernel space module will compile.
If it's built in and needs something extra in the Kernel you might
want make xconfig and recompile the Kkernel
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