comedi RPM spec file for Fedora Core 1 (2.4.22-1.2174.nptl)

Hello,

I have succesfully compiled Comedi for Fedora Core 1 I'll try to
summarize my experience in the following.

First, I got comedi from CVS on 22 March 2004, and I refer to this
release as: 0.7.68.cvs.22mar04.  If the kernel-source RPM package
matching the current kernel is present, and has been configured, then
just one kludge is needed to get Comedi compiled, on
include/linux/interrupt.h:

--- comedi/include/linux/interrupt.h.old        2003-12-19 22:47:17.000000000 +0
000
+++ comedi/include/linux/interrupt.h    2004-03-20 11:21:27.000000000 +0000
_at__at_ -21,7 +21,7 _at__at_
 
 #include <linux/version.h>
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 4, 23)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 4, 21)
 typedef void irqreturn_t;
 #define IRQ_NONE
 #define IRQ_HANDLED

This is probably related to some back-imported code from 2.4.23 to
2.4.22 for this particular kernel.

In the default configuration, Comedi will compile kernel modules
matching the "custom" kernel that you would compile from
kernel-source.  However it might be more practical to compile modules
for the running kernel (matching kernel-source). So I exploited the
UTS_RELEASE_OVERRIDE define in Comedi include/linux/version.h to
obtain that.

In the end I got a .spec file which by default compiles modules for the
running kernel, with the possibility to ask for a different one (for
instance the "custom" kernel).

I added some scripts to get the comedi devices, /etc/modules.cons and
few other details matching RedHat/Fedora style.  The .src.rpm produces
a .rpm named kernel-module-<version>-<release>.<kernel-release>,
following the style of the Alsa project kernel module for RedHat.

This .spec file should in principle be able to compile Comedi also for
other RedHat / Fedora systems, but your mileage may vary...

In the hope that this mailing list handles MIME, I include the
nosrc.rpm (you have to combine it with a .tar.bz2 of the Comedi
release from CVS).

Regards,
-- 
Alberto