From 8d96644fdba07c65549b4591e5ea5e32d4d88219 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ard van Breemen Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:47:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Move around README files some more --- README | 2 ++ README.Debian | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ debian/README.Debian | 9 --------- 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) create mode 100644 README.Debian delete mode 100644 debian/README.Debian diff --git a/README b/README index ef5f8bd..f7a3b43 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ $ sudo make install You will need to complete the make && sudo make install step whenever your kernel is updated. + +If you need debian packages, refer to README.Debian diff --git a/README.Debian b/README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f1c76a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Debianization of https://github.com/shenki/exar-uart-driver + +This is the Exar xr21v141x UART driver, originally downloaded from the exar +website, and patched by shenki. +The original exar drivers were made for kernel 3.6 and lower. +This package is intended for 3.7 and higher. + +Usage: +Build the package to create the module-source package: + +dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot + +Put that source package in your public repository. + +To build a debian module for your kernel: + +dpkg -i + +cd +tar xvjf /usr/src/vizzini.tar.bz2 -C .. +export MODULE_LOC=$PWD/../modules +fakeroot make-kpkg modules_image + +This will create a suitable vizzini-module package to suit your debian kernel +package. + + diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian deleted file mode 100644 index aea3ef1..0000000 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ /dev/null @@ -1,9 +0,0 @@ -This is the debian source module needed to get the exar vizzini usb bridge working. -To get the source package: -clone the repo, and: -dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot - -This will give je a kernel module source package. - -Install it somewhere, untar the stuff and build the module package with: -fakeroot make-kpkg modules-image -- 2.39.5