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CNK:
--- Quote from: Paul_123 on January 15, 2024, 10:55:41 AM ---I caution you on being a maintainer supporting Realtek product. I used to manage them for a different system, and it became unmanageable due to the constant state of flux with 3rd party repos (updating for newer kernels, or they stopped working).
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For the r8168 PCIe Ethernet driver I've found the patches that Debian publish for their corresponding r8168 driver package very handy to fix build problems with newer kernel versions.
CentralWare:
@CNK: Yes, working up-stream occasionally has its advantages :)
Thankfully, the 8821/8822 chipset drivers compile without too much effort (mostly path related issues since placing the ko in /lib is where it wants to go, but most extension files are expected to live in /usr(/local/lib/modules/) plus the extension itself still needs a little TLC; I went to strip the resulting binary and it gained quite a bit of weight instead of losing it, so we'll be digging a little deeper there before submitting, but otherwise submitqc says it's happy.
Rich:
Hi CentralWare
--- Quote from: CentralWare on January 16, 2024, 08:06:08 PM --- ... (mostly path related issues since placing the ko in /lib is where it wants to go, but most extension files are expected to live in /usr(/local/lib/modules/) ...
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You know those extension files can also be reached through:
--- Code: ---/lib/modules/$KERNEL/kernel.tclocal/
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CentralWare:
@Rich: I was under the impression that all extension related content was expected to call /usr/local home and to avoid blending in with /var ?
Rich:
Hi CentralWare
Sorry, my response was poorly worded.
Extension files go in /usr/local/lib/modules/$KERNEL/kernel/
However, the rootfs.gz includes a link to that location:
--- Code: ---tc@E310:~$ readlink /lib/modules/4.19.10-tinycore/kernel.tclocal
/usr/local/lib/modules/4.19.10-tinycore/kernel/
tc@E310:~$
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