> i am puzzeled as to why you need this module, why not use the one in > the kernel sources, i have not ever had problems with it on 905 > cards. (its the vortex driver in the 3com section)
not sure that it is a 905 card - the model # is 3CSOHO100-TX On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 10:08:28AM -0500, urbanyon wrote: > > hi again, > > > > thanks for all of your help so far- > > > > i've gotten to the point where i need to 'install' the driver. the 3com > > instructions read: > [snip] > > > # insmod 3c90x > > > > and got this message: > > > > ./3c90x.0: kernel-module version mismatch > > ./3c90x.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.12-20 > > while this kernel is version 2.2.12 > > precompiled kernel modules are totally bogus, modules are only > reliable if compiled with your kernel and its configuration. > > > > > so now i'm stuck again (although this error message is SO much friendlier > > than anything i've ever seen in windows). > > > > any thoughts? if there's a url for a driver, please send it along. if > > you want to email me the driver directly (i don't even know if that's a > > good idea, but it sounds okay), please send it [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > i am puzzeled as to why you need this module, why not use the one in > the kernel sources, i have not ever had problems with it on 905 > cards. (its the vortex driver in the 3com section) > > if for some reason the version in the kernel is obsolete (even in > 2.2.17?) does 3com provide the source code to thier version? if so > you can replace the kernel source file with thiers and rebuild your > kernel. but i really doubt that is necessary. > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ >
