I think we have a problem with 3C905Cs

Frank Scholten Linde frank@tgi.nl
Fri Oct 15 04:02:43 1999


On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Jonathan Epstein wrote:

> You need version 0.99L of the driver, available from:
>   ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/3c59x.c
> 
> I have the Tornado card as well (3C905C) and it works fine for me.
> 
> Sorry, I don't recall the details for how to compile it into the kernel,
> but I recall that it wasn't necessary to actually rebuild the kernel per
> se, just to compile the 3c59x.c module and place the resulting 3c59x.o in
> the right place.

I think it's:
gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c 3c59x.c `[ -f
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] && echo -DMODVERSIONS

ifconfig eth0 down
rmmod 3c59x
cp 3c59x.o /lib/modules/2.2.x/net/
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart ( on RH anyway)
that oughtta do it

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