problem with 3c90x drivers

[Martin Siegert]

Hi there:

I have problems with the installation of the 3c90x drivers. I downloaded the
3c90x-1.0.0e.tar.gz package from the 3Com site and tried to compile it
according to their instructions in the README:

    Building a loadable module:
    ---------------------------
    To build the 3c90x driver as a loadable module, compile the 3c90x.c
    source file with the following command:

    gcc -c 3c90x.c -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer \
               -fno-strength-reduce -pipe -m486 -malign-loops=2 \
               -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=486 \
               -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DMODVERSIONS -D__SMP__

This generates about 1000 lines of error messages starting with

In file included from /usr/include/linux/fs.h:263,
                 from /usr/include/linux/capability.h:13,
                 from /usr/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
                 from /usr/include/linux/sched.h:8,
                 from 3c90x.h:36,
                 from 3c90x.c:1:
/usr/include/linux/hpfs_fs_i.h:5: parse error before `ino_t'
/usr/include/linux/hpfs_fs_i.h:5: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
/usr/include/linux/hpfs_fs_i.h:12: parse error before `:'
In file included from /usr/include/linux/fs.h:265,
                 from /usr/include/linux/capability.h:13,
                 from /usr/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
                 from /usr/include/linux/sched.h:8,
                 from 3c90x.h:36,
                 from 3c90x.c:1:
/usr/include/linux/msdos_fs_i.h:36: parse error before `off_t'
/usr/include/linux/msdos_fs_i.h:36: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
...

I have tried this with kernel-headers from the 2.2.5 kernel (redhat 6.0),
2.2.12 (redhat 6.1), and 2.2.13 (kernel source). With identical results.
What am I missing?

I'm really out of ideas now :-(
Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance.

Cheers, Martin

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Martin Siegert
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