[epic] Re: epic100.c fix for 2.2.x kernels

[Jeff Garzik]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Andreas Steinmetz wrote:

> Not exactly:
> You can compile the module - that's it. There's calls to pci_drv_register() and
> pci_drv_unregister that are not part of the 2.2.x kernels. Thus you're stuck
> with unresolved symbols and an unloadable module.
> Reworking this would mean to reimplement the 2.2.x semantics which would
> basically result in a new driver version.

You will not find these symbols in 2.3.x/2.4.x kernels either.

You are missing Donald's pci-scan module.  You must compile and build the
driver AND the pci-scan module, install, and then insmod both of them,
or "depmod -a ; modprobe <eth driver>"

It would be nice if Donald would do something like the following in each
of this independent drivers.  This would reduce the FAQs and problem
reports to nil...

#ifndef PCI_SCAN_MODULE /* any symbol unique to pci-scan.h */
#error You must also download pci-scan.c, pci-scan.h, and kern_compat.h
#endif

Granted the compile will bomb out without these, but the missing headers
lead people (such as the poster above) to believe that the drivers will
not work under 2.2.x kernels.

	Jeff