Errata

Missing the bold Y for what the user should answer to Local version - append to kernel release (LOCALVERSION)

Very very minor technical addition:
>> $ find -type f -name Makefile | xargs grep e1000
Without the -i option to grep, this doesn't work for strings like "via_rhine".
But to follow the possible intention, there could be a hint to change non-
alphanumerical chars to "." an use egrep like this:
>> $find -type f -name Makefile | xargs egrep via.rhine

>> Now that we have the driver name,...
A little annotation to the filename would be nice, because only the corresponding
object-file does appear in the Makefile.
So one could search for the filename without the suffix.
The referred first section was about a dirname.

On page 57 the vendor and product ID found was: 157e:300d.
On page 58 the ID 157e:300b is selected from the list instead of 157e:300d.

get-driver.sh doesn't always treat possible spaces in sysfs-filenames correctly:

This example tests "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/Intel ICH/module" for existance:
$ ./get-driver.sh adsp
looking at sysfs device: /sys/class/sound/adsp
follow 'device' link to parent: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5
found driver: Intel./get-driver.sh: line 63: test: /sys/bus/pci/drivers/Intel:
binary operator expected

Even on my system there are 4 additional filenames with spaces in that (and only
that) directory. So only the critical hunk would be:

--- get-driver-orgy.sh 2007-01-20 15:08:03.000000000 +0100
+++ get-driver.sh 2007-01-20 15:08:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
DRIVERPATH=$(readlink -f $DEVPATH/driver)
DRIVER=$(basename $DRIVERPATH)
echo -n "found driver: $DRIVER"
- if test -e $DRIVERPATH/module; then
- MODULEPATH=$(readlink -f $DRIVERPATH/module)
+ if test -e "$DRIVERPATH/module"; then
+ MODULEPATH=$(readlink -f "$DRIVERPATH/module")
MODULE=$(basename $MODULEPATH)
echo -n " from module: $MODULE"
fi

For convenience, here the full listing with some more quotes and cites:
#=================================================================================
#!/bin/sh
#
# Find all modules and drivers for a given class device.
#

if [ $# != "1" ] ; then
echo
echo "Script to display the drivers and modules for a specified sysfs class device"
echo "usage: $0 <CLASS_NAME>"
echo
echo "example usage:"
echo " $0 sda"
echo "Will show all drivers and modules for the sda block device."
echo
exit 1
fi

DEV=$1

if test -e "$1"; then
DEVPATH=$1
else
# find sysfs device directory for device
DEVPATH=$(find /sys/class -name "$1" | head -1)
test -z "$DEVPATH" && DEVPATH=$(find /sys/block -name "$1" | head -1)
test -z "$DEVPATH" && DEVPATH=$(find /sys/bus -name "$1" | head -1)
if ! test -e "$DEVPATH"; then
echo "no device found"
exit 1
fi
fi

echo "looking at sysfs device: $DEVPATH"

if test -L "$DEVPATH"; then
# resolve class device link to device directory
DEVPATH=$(readlink -f "$DEVPATH")
echo "resolve link to: $DEVPATH"
fi

if test -d "$DEVPATH"; then
# resolve old-style "device" link to the parent device
PARENT="$DEVPATH";
while test "$PARENT" != "/"; do
if test -L "$PARENT/device"; then
DEVPATH=$(readlink -f "$PARENT/device")
echo "follow 'device' link to parent: $DEVPATH"
break
fi
PARENT=$(dirname "$PARENT")
done
fi

while test "$DEVPATH" != "/"; do
DRIVERPATH=
DRIVER=
MODULEPATH=
MODULE=
if test -e "$DEVPATH/driver"; then
DRIVERPATH=$(readlink -f "$DEVPATH/driver")
DRIVER=$(basename "$DRIVERPATH")
echo -n "found driver: $DRIVER"
if test -e "$DRIVERPATH/module"; then
MODULEPATH=$(readlink -f "$DRIVERPATH/module")
MODULE=$(basename "$MODULEPATH")
echo -n " from module: $MODULE"
fi
echo
fi

DEVPATH=$(dirname "$DEVPATH")
done

where it says: /sys/module/usbcore/blinkenlights
it should say: /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/blinkenlights
(at least for kernel 2.6.17)

[quote]
lpj Set the loops per jiffy.

lpg=n

Specify the loops per jiffy that . . .
[/quote]

The second line quoted above should be "lpj=n" ?