[plug] kernel compilations, hollywood+

[John Knight]

I'm having a bit of touble getting my Videologic DVD Decoder card to work, 
it requires l2C (or I2C, I'm not sure) bit-banging support. This requires a 
kernel compilation, or a module (I'm assuming with the module). Now a person 
who wrote a howto for his SuSE box said:
(visit http://www.suse.de/us/private/support/howto/mpeg/ to get there)



<quote>
Following the installation of SuSE Linux 7.2 with Kernel 2.4.4 the kernel 
needs to be recompiled. At this stage the i2c module should also be 
compiled.

Those who are not keen on compiling kernels can also take an easier route:



Install the package containing the kernel sources.


Configure the kernel. The configuration of the kernel installed by SuSE is 
contained in the file /boot/vmlinuz.config. The file is simply copied to 
/usr/src/linux-<version>.SuSE/.config. Then go to the directory 
/usr/src/linux-<version>.SuSE and enter the command make oldconfig - that's 
it.
Alternatively, you can use the following option with SuSE systems:
With the SuSE kernel, the configuration is located in /proc/config.gz. 
Simply switch to the directory /usr/src/linux-<version>.SuSE/ and enter make 
cloneconfig in order to copy the current kernel into the local configuration 
file.

Once this initial step is completed, you can download the kernel module 
em8300 Version 0.7 from [1]. Use the included scripts for compiling and 
installation. You can also load (as root) the kernel modules with one of the 
packet's scripts. In addition, you must create the following devices...... 
(it goes on)
</quote>


What's this bloke trying to achieve here, and how does this work? Can I use 
the same method on my RH 7.3 box?

Cheers! :)


Make lunch, not war.



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