Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Dec 1996 19:25:02 -0800 (PST) | From | Josh Richards <> | Subject | Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro (making it work) |
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On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Illuminati Primus wrote:
> [..] > > So now, after putting eepro100.c in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net, and doing > one little modification to the makefile in that directory (to compile and > link the eepro100 object), I attempted to compile EEPro support into a > 2.1.6 kernel on a coworker's machine... It seemed too easy.. and sure > enough, no notice of any ethernet device comes up during bootup, and it > doesnt show up in /proc/devices... However, in /proc/pci it shows the > card, waiting for me to take advantage of it.. If I only knew how... [..] > > I'm sure I'm missing something that I should have done, so please someone > point it out to me.. I will be very appreciative (its probably something > extra I have to do to turn on the EEPro driver during the kernel compile.. > (something like that?)). I know that the instructions in the eepro100.c > source code say to compile it as a module, but since the only >=1.3.4x > kernel source code (what the driver needs) available to me was 2.1.6, and > since all I have at the moment is the basic Slackware 3.0 installation, > inserting modules into a 2.1.6 kernel (without the EEPro driver inside of > course) doesnt seem to work, returning an error code...
Haven't personally looked at the EEPro patch but if it is intended to be used as a module it should probably be used as one...the error code may have been due to older modules utilities/binaries (i.e. insmod) being installed and the fact that module support was a little strange in the earlier development (2.1.x series) kernels. Get the updated modules utils at <ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/modules*.tar.gz> and while you are there grab the latest kernel src. tree, (either 2.1.13 or 2.1.14 - both seem _very_ stable for me).
> > I would gladly upgrade my module package and everything else if I could > get on the network :)... Kind of an chicken & egg problem..
Hmm...no network access but I would assume you can get e-mail if you sent this messages, correct? If you need to I can drop the src's to you as attachments.
Good luck.
> > Thanks again, > -Vermont Rutherfoord > vermont@gate.net > > Of course, speaking only for myself and whatever >
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