Compile AMD-13.1 Legacy drivers with 3.15 kernel (32bit)

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Compile AMD-13.1 Legacy drivers with 3.15 kernel (32bit)

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Just thought I'd throw some notes out here, maybe it will make things easier for anyone else needing to compile the AMD legacy drivers on a 3.15 kernel.



Due to function changes in the latest kernel the installer will finish but with errors. This leaves Catalyst installed, but no .ko module.

Starting from the top:
1. Have your Pup's devx and kernel headers loaded
2. Run the installer. Let it finish and tell you something went wrong.
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3. Extract these patches to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
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4. Run AMDDRIVER3.15.sh in build_mod (Preferably in a terminal so you can see what's going on)
5. All done!
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Instruction explanations
1. You need devx to compile. You need the headers to compile kernel modules.
2. This creates the folder in /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod so you can manually compile the module.
3. I got these patches from Arch.
4. This script runs the patches, the make file, the install script and then aticonfig --initial, which sets up xorg.conf to use the new module. (I assume)

I'll update with pictures later but it's pretty straight forward.
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