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wishindo · 10-11-2021, 06:36 PM

Continuation of Swapping the 3G modem for a 4G modem, post 2 and Swapping the 3G modem for a 4G modem, post 3

I found and bought a mini-PCIe to USB adpater on Amazon with one-day shipping yesterday, and it arrived today. I've installed it in my Kindle Keyboard, inserted a FAT32 USB drive, and oops! No SCSI over USB support in the kernel! Which means "/dev/sda" and "/dev/sda1" (and so on) don't exist.

As existence is a prerequisite of being mounted, I have to (I assume) build some kernel modules and place them in the appropriate directory in "/lib/modules/", specifically "USB_STORAGE" and "SCSI". Ugh.

As I've never built a kernel module before (my experience with the Linux kernel is solely building the kernel after taking a config file from "/boot/", tweaking it, and naming it ".config", and running "make bindeb-pkg"), let alone cross-compile kernel modules, I'd like some advice.

1) Should I use the toolchain at Snapshots of NiLuJe's hacks?
2) Where would I get the kernel headers?
3) Do I download the source for the same version number as the output of "uname -r" (2.6.26-rt in my case) from kernel.org to get the module source?

10-11-2021, 06:36 PM	#1
wishindo Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle Keyboard w/ 3G (k3g), Likebook Mars (T80D)	Swapping the 3G modem for a USB Flash Drive Continuation of Swapping the 3G modem for a 4G modem, post 2 and Swapping the 3G modem for a 4G modem, post 3 I found and bought a mini-PCIe to USB adpater on Amazon with one-day shipping yesterday, and it arrived today. I've installed it in my Kindle Keyboard, inserted a FAT32 USB drive, and oops! No SCSI over USB support in the kernel! Which means "/dev/sda" and "/dev/sda1" (and so on) don't exist. As existence is a prerequisite of being mounted, I have to (I assume) build some kernel modules and place them in the appropriate directory in "/lib/modules/", specifically "USB_STORAGE" and "SCSI". Ugh. As I've never built a kernel module before (my experience with the Linux kernel is solely building the kernel after taking a config file from "/boot/", tweaking it, and naming it ".config", and running "make bindeb-pkg"), let alone cross-compile kernel modules, I'd like some advice. 1) Should I use the toolchain at Snapshots of NiLuJe's hacks? 2) Where would I get the kernel headers? 3) Do I download the source for the same version number as the output of "uname -r" (2.6.26-rt in my case) from kernel.org to get the module source?