l-modem for Debian ------------------- Please see README for a description of the sl-modem software. The Debian sl-modem source package provides the package sl-modem-source, which provides the source for the kernel modules To get the final modules from sl-modem-source, follow these instructions: a) First, update the local source directory. If you use module-assistant, running "m-a clean sl-modem" should be enough. Otherwise, change to /usr/src and extract the driver source executing: tar jxvf sl-modem.tar.bz2 b) Next, build and install the driver using one of the following ways: - For already compiled kernel (eg. the currently running) with the module-assistant tool: module-assistant auto-install sl-modem-source - Using the make-kpkg(1) command provided by the kernel-package Debian package. This will produce a corresponding sl-modem-modules package for the Debian kernel-image package that you are using. This is "the Debian way". See the "modules_image" section of the make-kpkg(1) man page. When done, you can install the resulting sl-modem-x.y.z*.deb with dpkg. - Doing make-kpkg's job by hand, changing to /usr/src/modules/sl-modem and executing: debian/rules kdist KVERS=`uname -r` KSRC=/usr/src/kernel-headers-`uname -r` This assumes that you are building a modules package for the currently running kernel (uname -r) and the associated kernel-headers package is installed (eg. kernel-headers-2.4.20-bf2.4). - Changing to the /usr/src/modules/sl-modem/ directory and building as the README file instructs using "make; make install". This will build and install a module specific to the system you are building on and is not under control of the packaging system.