error during module precompile check

[perplexor]

Hello everyone,

I would appreciate if someone could help me overcome my problem. The error follows:

[root@localhost Intel-v92ham-453]# make ham
Module precompile check
Current running kernel is: 2.4.20-8
/lib/modules... autoconf.h exists
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h: No such file or directory
autoconf.h matches running kernel
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.version.h: No such file or directory
version.h matches running kernel
cd coredrv; make \
"PSTN_DEF=-DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX" \
ham;
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/Intel-v92ham-453/coredrv'
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o coredrv.o coredrv.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o clmmain.o clmmain.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o rts.o rts.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o task.o task.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o uart.o uart.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o wwh_dflt.o wwh_dflt.c
ld -r coredrv.o clmmain.o rts.o task.o uart.o wwh_dflt.o hamcore.lib -o hamcore.o
ld: cannot open hamcore.lib: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [ham] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/Intel-v92ham-453/coredrv'
make: *** [ham] Error 2

Thanks in advance

[Dolda2000]

It seems that you are missing a file called hamcore.lib, and it seems that it's supposed to come with the program that you're trying to compile. Can you find such a file in the source directory?

[perplexor]

Yes, there is hamcore.lib in /coredrv. But those two files (/boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h; vmlinuz.version.h) are not n /boot. Is that important for the installation itself?

[Dolda2000]

If I have understood the situation correctly from that output that you posted, it would seem that the program uses /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h as a preference and then falls back on using the kernel source tree in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build if it couldn't find vmlinuz.autoconf.h. I'm not completely sure about that, though - do you have a link to the package so that I can check out what it actually does?

I find it even stranger, though, that it can't open hamcore.lib if it actually is there. Could you try running the ld command manually in that directory and see if it produces the same error? If it does, try running this (providing that you have strace installed):

strace -o ld.strace ld -r coredrv.o clmmain.o rts.o task.o uart.o wwh_dflt.o hamcore.lib -o hamcore.o

Then, please mail the produced ld.strace file to me, and I'll see if I can find out something from it.

[perplexor]

Here is the URL: http://www.sweexeurope.com/product.asp?dlId=56

Thanks for helping me. I'll send what you requested as soon as I can.

[Dolda2000]

That's weird. It worked perfectly when I tried to compile it. I would have compiled it for you, but I doubt you would have much use for it, since it is your kernel that it has to interface against, not mine.

[perplexor]

I made a mistake, I apologize. /coredrv/hamcore.lib that I found was in directory from the package. When I checked in my installation ./coredrv/ it was no loger there. It's kind of bizzare since I copied it there from the installation package. Anyway I unpacked it again and tried again. And it worked (which is logical):

[root@localhost Intel-v92ham-453]# make ham
Module precompile check
Current running kernel is: 2.4.20-8
/lib/modules... autoconf.h exists
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h: No such file or directory
autoconf.h matches running kernel
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.version.h: No such file or directory
version.h matches running kernel
cd coredrv; make \
"PSTN_DEF=-DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX" \
ham;
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/Intel-v92ham-453/coredrv'
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o coredrv.o coredrv.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o clmmain.o clmmain.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o rts.o rts.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o task.o task.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o uart.o uart.c
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I../inc -c -o wwh_dflt.o wwh_dflt.c
ld -r coredrv.o clmmain.o rts.o task.o uart.o wwh_dflt.o hamcore.lib -o hamcore.o
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/Intel-v92ham-453/coredrv'
cp coredrv/hamcore.o .
cd serialdrv; make \
"PSTN_DEF=-DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX" \
ham;
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/Intel-v92ham-453/serialdrv'
cc -DTARGET_HAM -DDSP_CODE_800_SERIES -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX -Wall -O -I /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -I ../inc -c -o clmdrvr.o clmdrvr.c
ld -r clmdrvr.o -o ham.o
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/Intel-v92ham-453/serialdrv'
cp serialdrv/ham.o .


But I get the following error when I do 'make install':

[root@localhost Intel-v92ham-453]# make install
bash haminst
running kernel 2.4.20-8
installing hamregistry, used for persistant storage
installing ham module
installing hamcore module
redhat hamboot rc2.d and rc3.d scripts
starting module and utilities
error loading ham
done

After the inst. I rebooted twice. During the first boot I got some alert regarding module dependency problems. During the second there was no alert, but modem is still not working anyway.

[Dolda2000]

If you run "modprobe ham", what does it return?

[perplexor]

The output I get follows:

[root@localhost perplexor]# /sbin/modprobe ham
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/hamcore.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - Proprietary
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Module hamcore loaded, with warnings
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/ham.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/ham.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/ham.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/ham.o: insmod ham failed

And when I do dmesg, I get the following output (related to the 'ham'):

[root@localhost perplexor]# dmesg
hamcore module init
ham: device not found.
hamcore module cleanup

[Dolda2000]

It seems that the driver won't recognize your device. Since I don't even know what device it is and it also is a proprietary driver, I'm afraid I can't help you with getting that part to work.