Recompiling the SuSE 10.0 2.6.13-15 kernel

[linux_ooh_nice]

Okay, I need to recompile the suse kernel so that I can get a Wireless Modem to work in linux.
Problem is I follow the install guide supplied and get stuck since the guide supplied requires some know-how which I dont yet have.

Here is the first part:

Installation

The driver is available as source-only (ipw-0.4.tar.gz )
Building the driver for your kernel, using the drivers' source only:

Download ipw-0.4.tar.gz
cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.11/drivers/usb/serial
MINE: cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15/drivers/usb/serial
tar xvfz ~~/ipw.tar.gz

This will extract 2 files, ipw.c, and ipw.h You now need to modify the kernel Makefile, and Kconfig file in the /usr/src/linux-2.6.0/drivers/usb/serial directory, to add the IPWireless driver so that you can choose to build it from "make menuconfig"

* Edit the Kconfig file in /usr/src/linux-2.6.0/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
* Find the line "config USB_EZUSB"

Add the following lines in the whitespace preceding "config USB_EZUSB":

config USB_SERIAL_IPW?
tristate "USB IPWireless (3G UMTS TDD) Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on USB_SERIAL && EXPERIMENTAL

<small>blank line</small>

Note the trailing blank line has to be there between "config USB_EZUSB" and "depends on USB_SERIAL && EXPERIMENTAL".

* Save the Kconfig file.
* Now edit /usr/src/linux-2.6.0/drivers/usb/serial/Makefile

Find the:

obj-$(CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_SAFE?) += safe_serial.o

line in the makefile, and following it, add a new line

obj-$(CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IPW?) += ipw.o

* Now, chdir to /usr/src/linux-2.6.0/ and "make menuconfig"
* Enable "Code maturity level options
---> Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers"
* Enable "Device Drivers
---> USB support
---> USB Serial Converter support
---> USB Serial Converter support " as a module <M>.
* Then enable "USB IPWireless (3G UMTS TDD) Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
at the bottom of the list, as a module.
* Exit, and save the configuration
* Make your kernel using "make", and "make modules_install"
* I'm assuming here that you know what to do after having built a new kernel. (install vmlinz, run lilo, etc..)

Now the line above is where I get stuck:

once I've said:
make (to recompile the kernel)
what do I do?

[Juan Pablo]

cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-wireless

mkinitrd /boot/initrd-wireless

Edit your bootloader configuration to load the new kernel and use the new initrd

[linux_ooh_nice]

soo the total sequence to recompile it will be:

make
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-wireless

mkinitrd /boot/initrd-wireless

???????

[Juan Pablo]

Edit /boot/menu.lst
Duplicate the entry that currently works
Change the kernel and initrd file to the new ones you created

Then select it while booting and with soem luck it will boot

[linux_ooh_nice]

Would the following do everything I need?

make
make modules_install
make vmlinux
make bzImage
make install /boot/vmlinux-2.6.13-15-default

...If you reply, please be generous enough to the an entire break down of compiling the kernel...I get lost!