[tulip] Mandrake 8.2 (k. 2.4.18) + Compaq 1700 notebook w. built-in Conexant NIC

[. .]

I've just emailed Donald to thank him as my Conexant NIC problem is history 
;-)

Definitely his very latest files were key to solving it.

So this is what I did to get the Conexant NIC working in my Compaq Presario 
1700 (17XL361) notebook with Mandrake 8.2 (w. the included kernel ver. 
2.4.18).

Even though some files hadn't changed, I downloaded all the files again i.e. 
tulip.c, kern_compat.h, pci-scan.c, pci-scan.h and Makefile.

After a few failed compile attempts, the parameters that worked (actually 
the ones from Donald's updates.html page and NOT the ones inside the c 
files) were:

gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -O6 -c tulip.c -I/usr/src/linux/include -include 
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h

gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -O6 -c pci-scan.c -I/usr/src/linux/include 
-include /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h

Next:
insmod pci-scan.o
insmod tulip.o

I backed-up the existing compressed tulip file which was in 
/lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/ (not sure if this was 
needed).

Then ran:
install -m 644 pci-scan.o driver.o 
/lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/

Instead of editing files I loaded XWindows (I use IceWM *) and used the 
Mandrake Control Center's "Connection" wizard to configure network support 
(it identified the NIC as a Conexant Lanfinity!).

Since then the NIC has worked fine BUT there is one caveat! (see Andy's 
email below about the need to compile a kernel) After every reboot or 
shutdown and restart, you have to "insmod pci-scan.o" and "insmod tulip.o".

I'm a relative newbie and have never compiled my own kernel. If you want to 
'delay' the experience of compiling a kernel ;-) , perhaps during boot-up or 
for sure, when you first login, you could run a shell script (or if it's 
possible, add the commands in a start-up file or just type the commands each 
time :-P  )

I guess this is just delaying the inevitable but each to their own :)

Last but definitely not least, a BIG round of applause to Donald for doing 
such great work!

Cheers,
Scrumpy :)

A plug follows:
* IceWM (http://www.icewm.org/) is an excellent small XWindow's WM that uses 
very little resources when compared with Gnome or KDE or even WindowMaker. 
If you need a minimal but user-friendly XWindows WM on a server, then IceWM 
is the way to go.

It also has full GNOME compliance and 'partial' KDE compliance. I even use 
it as my default WM on my PC and notebook together with some KDE apps eg. 
KPPP & Konqueror, etc.

For a light WM, IceWM is easier to use IMHO than TWM, FVWM/2, especially for 
someone from a MS Win background.


>From: LA <anlewado@go2.pl>
>To: tulip@scyld.com
>Subject: [tulip] Answer for problem the with Mandrake 8.2 & Conexant NIC
>Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:51:28 +0200

>They are some questions regarding a Conexant NIC LAN drivers and Mandrake
>8.2. The problem is not so complicated and explanasion is as follow:
>
>1. Location of kernel 2.4.18-6mdk.
>2. Uncompability of that kernel with compiled driver.
>
>Compilation script looks for default location of kernel sources and it 
>finds
>2.4.18-6mdk. But compiled drivers "pci-scan.o, tulip.o" do not work due to
>the diffrent construction of 2.4.18-6mdk sources. The only one solution is 
>to
>compile kernel based on linux-2.4.xx and next, to force driver script to
>cooperate with those sources during compilation. Another way is to replace
>/usr/src/linux with kernel 2.4.xx.
>
>Andy

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