OpenClovis Product Documentation

Preface

TIPC build and install Guide provides the build and installation procedures for TIPC on Linux Operating System.

TIPC build and install Guide

• login as root
• install package kernel-devel, gcc, ncurses-devel
• extract tipc1.7.7.oc.tar.gz to folder tipc1.7.7.oc
• move to kernel folder(\usr\src\'uname -r') then copy source from tipc to kernel (tipc1.7.7.oc/net, tipc1.7.7.oc/include)
• copy .h to library header

      # cp -f tipc-1.7.7.oc/include/linux/tipc.h /usr/include/linux/
      # cp -f tipc-1.7.7.oc/include/linux/tipc_config.h /usr/include/linux/

• save old config

      # make oldconfig

• configure tipc

      # make menuconfig
      - Main menu then choose -> Network Support -> Networking options -> The TIPC Protocol (EXPERIMENTAL) -> input M 
        ->  Enter The TIPC Protocol (EXPERIMENTAL) 
        ->  TIPC: Advanced configuration -> input Y
        ->  enable debug messages -> input Y
        ->  other items choose default
        ->  choose Exit until go to main menu
      - Main menu -> Save an Alternate Configuration File -> save to .config

• prepare

      # make modules_prepare (in this step if you see menu, then input-> yes to all)

• initialization

      # make init

• build TIPC module

      # make M=net/tipc modules

• install

      # make M=net/tipc modules_install

• add path to tipc.conf

      # echo "install tipc insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/tipc.ko" >> tipc.conf

• copy config tipc

      # cp -f tipc.conf /etc/modprobe.d/

• check tipc works or not

      # modprobe tipc
      # depmod -a -F /boot/System.map-`uname -r` `uname -r`
      # /sbin/modinfo tipc