HOWTO build X-Fi Modules with gcc 4, kernel 2.6.22

Sucessfull builds :
- gcc version 4.2.1 (Debian 4.2.1-5) - Debian unstable - 2.6.22-amd64 (Debian)
  Asus P5B, Core 2 Duo 6420, Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum 
- gcc version 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2) - gentoo - 2.6.22.8 (Vanilla)  

- gcc version 4.1.2 (Debian 4.1.2-16) - Debian testing - 2.6.21-amd64 (Debian)
  Asus M2N-E, AMD64, Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 
- gcc version 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2) - gentoo - 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 (Gentoo)
  Dell Dimension 9200 (DXP061), Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (D) Dell variant

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| Preparing the system                     |
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On Debian/Ubuntu, stock kernel :
# apt-get install module-assistant
# m-a prepare
# m-a update

Others distributions, check if you have the following options enabled:
CONFIG_SND=m
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM=m
CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=m
CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQ_RTCTIMER_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API=y

CONFIG_SND_VIRMIDI=m

CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI=m

CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=m

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| Building the driver :                    |
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- download driver from creative : http://www.creative.com/language.asp?sDestUrl=/support/downloads
- download http://olausson.de/x-fi/XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04_all-in-one_v0.2.patch somewhere.
	   http://blackbox.lostwave.net/x-fi/XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04_all-in-one_v0.2.patch (mirror)
- log as root

# tar -xvzf XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04.tar.gz XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04/XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04.tar.bz2
# tar -xvjf XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04/XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04.tar.bz2
# chmod -R 755 XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04
# find XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04/ -exec touch -c {} ;
# patch -p0 < XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04_all-in-one_v0.2.patch
# cd XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04
# ./configure
# make
# make install

enjoy !

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| FAQ :                                    |
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Q: dmesg shows "ctalsa: Unknown symbol malloc_sizes" and the thing stops here.  
A: Your kernel is compiled with SLUB. But SLAB is required because of malloc_sizes which is not in SLUB. 
---> Rebuild your Kernel with SLAB 

Q: dmesg shows "Unknown symbol __stack_chk_fail" and the thing stops here.
A: you need -fno-stack-protector" to CFLAGS
---> edit Makefile.conf and add -fno-stack-protector" to CFLAGS

Q: during "make install" I get: "./ctsound: 35: Syntax error: Bad substitution" 
A: If you are using Debian/ubuntu, your /bin/sh probably point to /bin/dash. 
---> Edit ctsound and change #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash 

Last updated 27/09/2007 - 00:07