Copying required drivers from Ubuntu image to Angstrom image

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Hi!

It has been a few days that I started trials to make my usb wifi dongle work on Beagleboard-xm. Yesterday, after I installed Ubuntu 12.04 armhf image, I noticed that I did not need any drivers to make my wifi dongle to work on ubuntu. So I am now wondering if there is a way that I can copy all the required drivers from ubuntu image to angstrom image?

Regards,
Amadeus

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/lib/modules/(kernel version)/*
/boot/zImage *you'll probally have to convert it to 'uImage' for
angstrom's bootloader..

Regards,

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Hello again Robert! I am quite a newbie so a I need to ask a few questions to make it clear. Please do not get mad if my questions are just too ridiculous =)

Under my /lib/modules there are two things:

ubuntu@arm:/lib/modules$ ls
3.2.30-psp23 3.2.30-x14

I do not know what is the difference between two of them. Do I need both of them? What will I do with them? Am I going to create a zImage by using them?

Then if I can finally create a uImage from a zImage, I am going to install it to my angstrom image by using angstrom’s bootlader, right?

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Hello again Robert! I am quite a newbie so a I need to ask a few questions
to make it clear. Please do not get mad if my questions are just too
ridiculous =)

Under my /lib/modules there are two things:

ubuntu@arm:/lib/modules$ ls
3.2.30-psp23 3.2.30-x14

I do not know what is the difference between two of them. Do I need both of
them? What will I do with them? Am I going to create a zImage by using them?

the *psp* is for the BeagleBone, the "x" is for the BeagleBoard/PandaBoard..

Then if I can finally create a uImage from a zImage, I am going to install
it to my angstrom image by using angstrom's bootlader, right?

Using the "/boot/uboot/zImage":

mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x80008000 -e 0x80008000
-n kernel -d ./zImage ./uImage

Then you'll have a "uImage" that angstrom's bootloader can boot..

Regards,