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Author:: kelmo (IP: 0.0.0.0)
Timestamp:: 08/21/06 15:48:22 (16 years ago)
Comment:: make-kpkg stuff is old crap, rename_netif is current news

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9	9	(This problem only occurs when you compile kernels the Debian way with {{{--append-to-version}}}.)
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11		== ~~Make-Kpkg~~ ==
	11	== rename_netif ==
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13		Eric Van Buggenhaut sent me the following, on how to get make-kpkg to leave a built kernel tree in place after its made (and perhaps packaged) your kernel.
	13	If after installing and rebooting/modprobing an error like the following appears:
	14	{{{
	15	udevd-event[7118]: rename_netif: error changing net interface name wifi0_rename to ath0: Device or resource busy
	16	}}}
	17	It means that persistent network interface renaming is being painful.
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15		If you are trying to build madwifi on an x86 Debian system (using kpkg), you may find that make fails, complaining that it can’t find modpost.
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17		After searching the web, I realized that the madwifi build wants to be able to find modpost in {{{/lib/modules/${VERSION}/build}}}, but the default kernel-package config runs a make clean in the kernel tree after the deb is built. To leave the built executables around, I modified {{{/etc/kernel-pkg.conf}}} to include the line:
	19	Take a look to see if '''/etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules''' exists. If it does exist, and it contains a line similar to:
18	20	{{{
19		do_clean := No
	21	ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", SYSFS{address}=="00:11:22:33:44:55", NAME="ath0", ENV{INTERFACE_OLD}="$kernel"
20	22	}}}
21		As described at http://www.gag.com/~bdale/nc4000/.
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23		I’m informed by Joe Milbourn, that you can also use {{{do_clean := !([Yy]es)}}}.
	23	Comment the line out and reboot.
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