Dialogic 6.2 Manual De Usuario

November 2009

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Each of these directories also contains a file named bostbase.a, which 

is a library containing precompiled object files compiled for that 

same kernel version, variant, and architecture.

The driver/linux/kernel directory contains files named kerndep.c, 

kerndep.h, and makefile.kerndep. 

Before building a Brooktrout driver for a patch version, install the 

kernel source, the compiler, and other standard development tools 

on the system.

¾ To build a driver for a kernel patch version, enter the following 

This command performs several steps.

Š

Determines what the base RedHat release is that the booted 
kernel is based on, what the kernel version is that 

corresponds to the base release, and what the variant and 

architecture are. 

Š

Compiles the source file kerndep.c on the current booted 
kernel setup.

Š

Links the resulting object file with the bostbase.a file from 
the directory corresponding to the base kernel version for the 

current variant and architecture.

Š

Puts the resulting driver binary into an appropriate kvers 
subdirectory for the actual kernel version in use.

After compiling the driver, use the standard manual dinstall script 

provided on the CD to manually configure the driver.

If the kernel source is not installed in a standard location, use the 

optional KERNEL_SOURCE=<dir> command line option to specify 

the kernel source location to the make utility.

The kernel source is the package whose name is of the form 

kernel-source-<version>, in the file kernel-source-<version>.i386.rpm. 

This package is automatically installed if you tell the Linux 

installation program to install everything.