[asterisk-dev] dahdi 2.6.1+2.6.1 compile fails -> solved

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 01:35:57PM -0600, Russ Meyerriecks wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 08:27:04PM +0100, Eric Smith wrote:
> > Thanks Russ
> > > > [eric at pepper ~/src/asterisk-complete/asterisk/dahdi/2.6.1+2.6.1] $ patch <DAHTOOL-60-f17.diff
> > > > can't find file to patch at input line 5
> > > You were one directory off. cd into the "tools" directory then re-run the patch
> > > as:
> > > patch -p1 < DAHTOOL-60-f17.diff
> > 
> > Yes thanks this was resolved.
> > 
> > I am unsure why ready rolled modules are not shipped in the
> > dahdi-dkms or similar.
> Linux drivers must be built against the exact kernel your system is running.

This is not exactly the case with dkms.

As practically only Debian (among the big distributions) tris to guarante a
stable ABI to module versions accross minor kernel upgrades, the DKMS
approach is to ignore it altogether and hope for the best.

  http://docs.tzafrir.org.il/dahdi-linux/#_dkms

(and right. The proper fix for that would be to move DAHDI into
mainline)

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