Revision as of 00:04, 26 March 2011

Compiling the AVM FritzCard kernel module in SuSE Enterprise Linux

This documentation is based on a default installation of SLES11 without any patches applied. Needed packages are documented.

Download Source RPM

Foehr IT offers free AVM FritzCard packages for different openSuSE versions, where the sources of these packages also work in SLES11.

Download an actual version, i.e.: fcpci-0.1-0.src.rpm:

linux-109v:/ # cd /tmp
linux-109v:/tmp # wget http://opensuse.foehr-it.de/rpms/11_1/src/fcpci-0.1-0.src.rpm

If the file is no longer available, use the local copy

linux-109v:/ # cd /tmp
linux-109v:/tmp # wget http://www.seon.de/fileadmin/downloads/fcpci-0.1-0.src.rpm/fileadmin/downloads

Install compiler

Without a compiler, you're unable to compile software, so that's an absolute must-have:

zypper install gcc

Install kernel sources

zypper install kernel-source

Install kernel syms

zypper install kernel-syms

Start the build process

rpmbuild --rebuild fcpci-0.1-0.src.rpm

This will build the kernel module. The resulting file is then created in the directory

/usr/src/packages/RPMS/i586

linux-109v:/usr/src/packages/RPMS/i586 # ls -l
total 2272
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 381236 Mar 26 01:42 fcpci-kmp-debug-0.1_2.6.27.19_5-0.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 376738 Mar 26 01:42 fcpci-kmp-default-0.1_2.6.27.19_5-0.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 379532 Mar 26 01:43 fcpci-kmp-pae-0.1_2.6.27.19_5-0.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 376353 Mar 26 01:43 fcpci-kmp-trace-0.1_2.6.27.19_5-0.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 394579 Mar 26 01:43 fcpci-kmp-vmi-0.1_2.6.27.19_5-0.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 382633 Mar 26 01:43 fcpci-kmp-xen-0.1_2.6.27.19_5-0.i586.rpm

Use this newly created RPM package to install the kernel module:

 linux-109v:/usr/src/packages/RPMS/i586 # rpm -ihv fcpci-kmp-pae-0.1_2.6.27.19_5-0.i586.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:fcpci-kmp-pae          ########################################### [100%]
24591 blocks

Install capi4linux

zypper install capi4linux

create default configuration file for CAPI

Create the following file:

/etc/capi.conf

with the following content:

fcpci           -               -       -       -       -       -

This will tell capi4linux that the fcpci kernel module will be used.

configure device

Configure your FritzCard via yast2:

yast2 isdn

Yourt device should be listed as an unconfigured device. Configure it using the "edit" option. Configure it using the CAPI 2.0 driver, not via HiSax or another solution!!