Need help adding kernal module

[jacatone]

I'm trying to create and add a kernel module to Kubuntu 7.10. The instructions for creating it are:

Makefile-2.6 Kernel

ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
obj-m := viahss.o

else
KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
PWD := $(shell pwd)
default:
$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
endif

I have no idea what this means. Could someone help me with this? Thanks.

[cantab]

Re: Need help adding kernal module

Is that the makefile?

I presume you'll have to make sure you have your kernel sources installed, and know where they are. Then try

./configure
make

to compile. There's no sign of a install function in the makefile, so you'll have to either use insmod or manually copy the module to whereever kernel modules go.

What's the module for anyway?

[jacatone]

Re: Need help adding kernal module

It's to accelerate my serial dialup port. Supposedly, it'll enable much faster downloads.