Building Kernel Modules With Module-Assistant On Debian Lenny

Written By
FT
Falko Timme
Jan 28, 2010

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“module-assistant is a tool for building Debian kernel
modules from source, without having to rebuild the whole kernel. It
fetches module-source packages that have been prepared for the
Debian distribution via apt and produces .deb packages. This
tutorial shows how to use module-assistant in command-line mode and
in interactive mode.

“I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

“1 Preliminary Note

“In this tutorial I will demonstrate how to build the
ndiswrapper kernel module for Debian Lenny. The procedure is the
same for any other kernel module that module-assistant knows.

“2 Using Module-Assistant In Command-Line Mode

“Install module-assistant as follows:

aptitude install module-assistant”


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