I thank you for your response. I hope I can replicate the process without term outputs as I am away from the VM. I am using code tags sorry if that is inappropriate.
The what:
I need to recompile a kernel module, usbip to be specific, to up the port counts and virtual hubs.
The why:
I have a need to connect more than 8 USB drives over the network.
The how:
I identified my current kernel
uname-r I installed the needed dev tools
sudo pacman -S base-devel git I installed the linux510-headers (I run 5.10.49-1)
pacman -S linux510-headers I downloaded the kernel source from Manjaro
mkdir ~/Mine
cd ~/Mine
git clone https://gitlab.manjaro.org/packages/core/linux510.git
cd linux510/
I made the src
makepkg --nobuild I prepared the source directory
srcDir=src/linux-5.10
ln -s /usr/lib/modules/5.10.49-1-MANJARO/build/Module.symvers "$srcDir/"
zcat /proc/config.gz > "$srcDir/.config"
make -C "$srcDir" modules_prepare
I adjusted the .config to contain the new values
nano .config
changed line CONFIG_USBIP_VHCI_HC_PORTS=15(8 default I did not leave these comment in the file)
changed line CONFIG_USBIP_VHCI_NR_HCS=10 (1=default)
saved
I made the modules
make --directory="$srcDir" M=drivers/usb/usbip/ I packaged it for the system
xz "the long path down"/usb/usbip/ *.ko I moved the files to the current kernel location
sudo cp -r "the long path down"/usb/usbip/*xz /"path to current running kernel"/usb/usbip/ unloaded the current module and attempted to install the new
sudo modprobe -r vhci_hcd
sudo modprobe vhci_hcd
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘vhci_hcd’: Exec format error
The last error is the only error I had during the whole process
Thanks once again