[vortex] How to make 3c59x.c work with my (few) changes ?

[Marcus Ramos]

Thanks for the hints. I am using RH7 with kernel 2.2.16, and in this case
/usr/src/linux is just a symbolic link to /usr/src/linux-2.2.16.

I did discover my printk messsages in /var/log/messages. What do I have to
do in order to have my messages displayed on the screen, and not put on a
file ? As it seems to me now, this policy changes a lot according to the
version of the kernel. I would be glad for any comment or suggestion on
that.

Regards,
Marcus.

Andrew Morton wrote:

> Marcus Ramos wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This might be a very basic question, but anyway I don't know how go
> > ahead ...
> >
> > I am making a few changes to the source code of 3c59x.c (for the time
> > being, only a few printk's). However, nothing seems to happen, as the
> > drivers continues to behave just as before. My working sequence is:
> >
> > 1) edit and save /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/3c59x.c
> > 2) cd /usr/src/linux-2.2.16
>
> Are /usr/src/linux and /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 the same directories?
>
> > 3) make modules
> > 4) make modules_install
> > 5) reboot
> >
> > My /etc/modules.conf contains:
> >
> > alias   eth0   3c59x
> >
>
> Everything else seems fine.  If 3c59x is a module
> you don't need to reboot:
>
> ifdown eth0
> rmmod 359x
> modprobe 3c59x
> ifup eth0