On 2009/08/03 13:45 (GMT+0530) Anshul Jain composed:

The 11.0 version officially uses the 2.6.25.x kernel series, however I'd like to upgrade/try out the 2.6.27.x or newer series for 11.0. Can I use 11.1 Kernels and install it on an 11.0 system?

I use 2.6.27 on 11.0, which I get from this repo: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ilya_41/openSUSE_11.0/i586/ -- How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver. Proverbs 16:16 NKJV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 04:25:17PM +0530, Anshul Jain wrote:

Thanks for pointing it out! I'll try to update my system sometime today. One question- it doesn't seem to have the kernel-syms package. I need this to compile some custom kernel modules for my hardware. Where can I find it?

Just curious, what kernel modules do you need for your hardware that are not already included in the main kernel tree? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 09:01:42PM +0530, Anshul Jain wrote:

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Greg KH wrote:

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On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 04:25:17PM +0530, Anshul Jain wrote:

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Thanks for pointing it out! I'll try to update my system sometime today. One question- it doesn't seem to have the kernel-syms package. I need this to compile some custom kernel modules for my hardware. Where can I find it?

Just curious, what kernel modules do you need for your hardware that are not already included in the main kernel tree?

thanks,

greg k-h

These are National Instruments' NI-KAL drivers and they're proprietary drivers. I know such stuff won't sit well with a lot of kernel developers...here and elsewhere too. The interesting part is that NI-KAL (Kernel Abstraction Layer) drivers are not GPL, but the source is available after untarring the archives during install.

That's common, look at the vmware drivers, they are the same way.

They're more like "glue" drivers to bind the kernel to the higher level drivers.

Its the NI-VISA, GPIB and DAQ drivers that are closed-source and proprietary. These drivers are installed on top of the "glue" NI-KAL drivers. More information at :- http://decibel.ni.com/content/groups/linux-users which is the Linux Users Community for NI.

Now that we have the comedi layer in the kernel tree, what is keeping the NI drivers from being ported to that? Actually, we have a lot of NI device support in the comedi tree already, have you looked there to see if your devices are already supported? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org