[vortex] 3c556B adapters - and Slackware 7.1

[Mathew Butler]

Change the extension from .gz to .c, and see if the problem goes away. :)

-Mat Butler

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Stoddard" <sstoddar@gblx.net>
To: "'Rudy Zijlstra'" <rudy@edsons.demon.nl>
Cc: <vortex@scyld.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:53 PM
Subject: RE: [vortex] 3c556B adapters - and Slackware 7.1


> Oops, I should of explained that... I think the extension is just wrong...
I
> did try that but it says this file is not in gunzip format... I can read
the
> whole file fine in a viewer (I wouldnt be able to do that compressed
> right?)...
>
> --Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rudy@garion.edsons.demon.nl [mailto:rudy@garion.edsons.demon.nl]On
> Behalf Of Rudy Zijlstra
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 12:23 PM
> To: Scott Stoddard
> Subject: Re: [vortex] 3c556B adapters - and Slackware 7.1
>
>
> Scott Stoddard wrote:
>
> >         Hi all! I am trying to compile the 3c59x-2.2.17+.gz driver for
the
> 3c556B
> > adapter on Slackware 7.1, IBM T20 Thinkpad... I have tried the compile
> > command two ways this is the output I get
> >
> > root@laptop:/win-c/linux/new# gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -O6 -c
> > 3c59x-2.2.17+.gz
>
> Judging by the file extension i would first expand the file (gunzip
> 3c59x-2.2.17+.gz) and see what you find at that point.
>
> >
> > gcc: 3c59x-2.2.17+.gz: linker input file unused since linking not done
> > root@laptop:/win-c/linux/new#
> > gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -c
> 3c59x-2.2.17+.gz
> > `[ -f /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h ] &&
echo -DMODVERSIONS`
> > gcc: 3c59x-2.2.17+.gz: linker input file unused since linking not done
> > root@laptop:/win-c/linux/new#
> >
> > Can anyone suggest where I start to look for a fix? Thanx
> >
> > --Scott
>
> Good luck
>
> Rudy
>
>
>
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