On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 10:32:39PM +0100, Edwin wrote: > My apologies if this has been asked gazillion times, but i'm trying to > compile more specific drivers for my Debian Woody, 2.2.20 kernal router. > I've got a 3c900B-TPO as eth0 ( connected to ADSL modem) and a 3c905B as > eth1 ( connected to 10/ 100 Mbit switched LAN). I'm getting an unusual > amount of errors on the 900B card, and I was wondering if the generic > 3c59x module supports my card well enough ( according to readme this new > driver should work better)? It nicely loads on initialisation during > boot of my router though. Hence my wish to compile the 3com drivers to > see if this solves the error problem. > > I've downloaded these drivers from 3com website: > http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linux/3c90x-102.tar.gz > > But I'm getting this error when running the ./compile_UP > > Darth-Vader:/usr/src/modules# ./compile_UP > In file included from 3c90x.h:42, > from 3c90x.c:1: > /usr/include/linux/malloc.h:4: warning: #warning linux/malloc.h is > deprecated, use linux/slab.h instead. > > Is this a major problem? I find the 3c90x.o file in the directory > regardless of the error, but when I run install again this is the output: > > Darth-Vader:/usr/src/modules# ./install3c90x > You are running the 2.2.20 version of kernel release 2.2.20... > Found modules directory /lib/modules/2.2.20/net > Copying the driver module into the modules directory. > Updating module dependencies... > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.20/net/3c90x.o > Update of module dependencies failed... perhaps you've updated your system? > Installation of 3c90x driver module failed. > > Darth-Vader:/usr/src/modules# depmod -a > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.20/net/3c90x.o > > I'm running out of ideas. Can anybody help me with this problem? > > Thanks for any help you can offer, > > Edwin
Have you got kernel-headers-2.2.20 installed? I've had stuff like this from broken kernel-headers installations. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
