3.9 - Building (usb)hid.ko (for kernel 2.6)

In the linuxwacom-0.8.0-3.tar.bz2 file, you will find hid-core.c, which have special exceptions for wacom. This file is not built by default, so you will need to reconfigure the package and run make again.

Note, for kernel 2.6.18 and later, no need to build hid any more. For other kernels, refer to Testing Tablet Detection to see if you need to build hid or not.

You need to configure usbhid as a module under your kernel source tree before configuring linuxwacom.

On some distributions, Mandrake or Mandriva included, the (usb)hid.ko driver that located in the kernel modules directory appears to be compressed. You need to run gzip on the module and copy (usb)hid.ko.gz instead.

[jej@ayukawa wacom]$./configure --enable-hid --with-kernel=your-kernel-src-dir
...
  BUILD OPTIONS:
              hid.o - yes
...

Kernel 2.6.11 and 2.6.12 are in src/2.6.11. Kernels 2.6.16 and 2.6.17 are handled in src/2.6.16. Kernels 2.6.18/19/20/21/22 are in src/2.6.18. All the other kernels are processed in its own src/2.6.x. New 2.6 directories will be created when compatibility issue occurs.

For those who like to build everything from the source tree, please skip the make and install steps below. Scroll down to the end of this page to see the steps with light blue background.

If everything works properly, you'll see the following from the make:

[jej@ayukawa linuxwacom]$ make
...
Making all in 2.6.9
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/jej/linuxwacom/src/2.6.9'
    Building linuxwacom drivers for 2.6 kernel.
make -C /usr/src/linux M=/home/jej/linuxwacom/src/2.6.9
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/jej/linux-2.6.9'
  LD      /home/jej/linuxwacom/src/2.6.9/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /home/jej/linuxwacom/src/2.6.9/hid-core.o
  CC [M]  /home/jej/linuxwacom/src/2.6.9/hid-input.o
  LD [M]  /home/jej/linuxwacom/src/2.6.9/usbhid.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST
  CC      /home/jej/linuxwacom/src/2.6.9/usbhid.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/jej/linuxwacom/src/2.6.9/usbhid.ko
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux'
...

Then, use the following steps to install the driver:

[jej@ayukawa linuxwacom]$su
[jej@ayukawa linuxwacom]#cd src/2.6.9
[jej@ayukawa 2.6.9]#cp usbhid.ko /lib/modules/your-kernel-ver/kernel/drivers/usb/input
[jej@ayukawa 2.6.9]#reboot