- From: Bernd Porr <BerndPorr_at_f2s.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:44:24 +0100
> to tell me I had bungled the install step somehow. (I have a demonstrated
Did you type "make install" as root?
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walt wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 June 2005 11:08 pm, David Schleef wrote:
>
>>>I have tried copying the file das16.o & the other *.o drivers into the
>>>directory
>>>
>>>/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-default/comedi/
>>>
>>>but /sbin/modprobe das16.o
>>
>>You're looking for 'modprobe das16'. The fact that the .o files
>>are not installed should have been a big clue that they're not
>>used.
>
>
> Thanks, yes, I knew it was a clue for something, but I thought it was trying
> to tell me I had bungled the install step somehow. (I have a demonstrated
> capability to bungle any step of any procedure.)
>
> I understand now that I should tell modprobe the name das16 without any
> extension, but can you tell me more?
>
> If I pass to modprobe the string "das16", then it must be that some file
> (either das16.o or das16.ko?) should first be placed in some standard
> directory so modprobe is able to locate it. What is this convention in
> comedi? What files must be in which directories to enable modprobe to resolve
> the name das16 & connect it to a file?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Walt
>
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