Multi-Tech Systems MT9234MU

Appendix B – Linux Installations

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Prepare the Kernel Sources

This step may or may not be necessary, depending on how your Linux distribution installs the kernel

sources.

Command Explanation

1. cd /usr/src/linux-<version> Change to the source directory.

2. make mrproper Clean up any old files.

3. Use either of these commands:

make oldconfig

-OR-

make cloneconfig

Make a configuration file to match your

running kernel.

for Red Hat

for SUSE

For other distributions these same

commands might work, or you might need

to find a config file in /boot or in a configs

directory, copy it to .config, and run "make

oldconfig".

4. make prepare To prepare the kernel sources for your

machine.

If you have built your own kernel, the kernel sources will already be installed and prepared. If you are

using a kernel that came with a Linux distribution, it can sometimes be difficult to get the kernel sources

correctly installed and prepared, since each Linux distribution handles kernel sources slightly differently.

For example, if you get errors about the wrong kernel version, you may have installed the wrong kernel

sources, or you may need to edit the kernel version in the top level Makefile of the kernel sources. If you

get errors about a missing usb-serial.h, you may only have the kernel headers installed. If you have

trouble getting the full kernel sources installed and prepared, you can copy the correct version of usb-

serial.h to drivers/usb/serial in the kernel headers directory and then the other kernel sources are not

needed.

If you have difficulties, look carefully at the error messages when installing the TGZ or RPM packages.

Those messages should give you an indication of just what the error is.