We currently upgraded Sophos AV with on-access scanning to version 9. The previous version (7) supported the kernel in this version of SLES. Now with the Sophos upgrade to version 9, the on-access module (talpa) cannot compile the required module due to missing header files. I cannot find kernel-headers in the SLES 10 SP4 repositories (both Pool and Updates). We have also checked the DVD isos for the possibility of the kernel-headers being located there. The question is: where\how do I obtain the kernel-headers for SLES 10 SP4?
Hi
You need the kernel-source, kernel-syms, linux-kernel-headers, make and
gcc installed for compiling modules. Probably also module-init-tools.
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I currently have kernel-source, kernel-syms, make, gcc, and module-init-tools installed but I am unable to find linux-kernel-headers or kernel-headers in the repositories.
Hi
Can you confirm the actual header missing or perhaps post the error
when you try to compile?
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Sorry for the delay in responding.
Here is the relevant portion of the log file (talpaselect.log) when Sophos attempts to compile the on-access module:
checking for xargs… /usr/bin/xargs
checking for Talpa version… 1.17.5
checking for operating system… Linux
checking for kernel headers layout… /lib/modules/2.6.16.60-0.91.1-xen/build/include
checking for linux/version.h… configure: error: cannot proceed without the required header file
exc-configure-failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “talpa_select.py”, line 2205, in _action
File “talpa_select.py”, line 962, in select
File “talpa_select.py”, line 1770, in select
File “talpa_select.py”, line 1953, in build
SelectException: exc-configure-failed
Hi
Is there a config.log file as well, it may be the code in it’s ifdef’s
not matching your running kernel.
The config.log may show it’s not actually a kernel related error.
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I have not seen a config.log for Sophos. The requirements for the module from Sophos are:
Before you run the installer, to enable it to compile custom kernel modules, you must have the following installed:
The kernel source matching your running kernel (normally accessible from /lib/modules/uname -r/build/)
A system.map file matching your running kernel (normally located in /boot/System.map-uname -r)
GCC and configured development tools, e.g. ‘make’. (The version of GCC must be the same as the one used to compile your kernel.)
Some distributions (such as Debian) provide a kernel-headers package which must also be installed. These distributions also provide all the required kernel sources to compile.
I have compiled the module successfully on many others with these requirements. This is the first issue I have encountered and the first time I have seen headers not provided.