Building New Kernel

[JohnBoy]

Hello I am attempting to build a kernel with the Realtek PICe FE controller.

I am to the point where I am in xconfig but I do not know how to add the driver as an option. I downloaded the driver but I do not know what to do with it other than run autoconfig.sh

Can someone point me in the right direction to get this going?

Thanks

[Tom Elliott]

Is the Realtek PICe FE controller an included part of the ethernet drivers? Is it fiber? Does it rely on firmware?

I found the chipset and can build the kernel with this for you if you’d like.

[Tom Elliott]

Kernel with 8106e fw can be downloaded at:
[url]https://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/bzImage[/url]

[JohnBoy]

Thank you very much for the quick reply I am trying it now.

[Tom Elliott]

That’s what I’m here to do!

[JohnBoy]

Tom that seems to have worked. Would you be willing to let me know how you did it for future use?

[Tom Elliott]

Look on the wiki for the TomElliott kernel building.

Get my most current TomElliott.config from:
[url]https://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/TomElliott.config[/url] and rename it as .config within the linux tree. Follow all the rest of the instructions ([B]especially the linux-firmware bit[/B])

All should work properly. Basically I just added the 8106e firmware into the kernel so it can be detected automatically.

[JohnBoy]

Thanks again. For anyone searching here is the wiki…

fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Build_TomElliott_Kernel