[Arm-netbook] building a device driver

simon at koala.ie simon at koala.ie
Mon Jun 18 21:13:22 BST 2012


On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:22:46 +0100, Henrik Nordström  
<henrik at henriknordstrom.net> wrote:

> mån 2012-06-18 klockan 19:26 +0100 skrev simon at koala.ie:
>
>> my questions revolve around doing this for a tablet where i may or may  
>> not
>> have access to the kernel source.
>> how do i compile against an existing kernel?
>
> If you do not have the correct kernel sources then you can try using the
> closest you can find. Sometimes works. But you really SHOULD have the
> matching kernel sources as per GPL requirements.
>
> Then there is also the option of replacing the kernel with one which you
> do have sources for.

assuming i obtain the correct sources, is there any documentation  
explaining how to replace the kernel on an a10 device?

-- 
simon

Simon Kenyon
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