On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:25:36 -0600 Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have an old laptop on which I have recently installed Woody. I have > a new pcmcia NIC which I would like to use on said laptop to connect > it to my LAN. The CD which comes with the NIC contains two files of > software for Linux and instructions on how to compile and install. But > the instructions are for some other distribution, not Debian. > > I know enough about Debian to have done some first steps: > I've installed the kernel-source for the kernel version that I want, > and I've compiled the kernel, just to make sure that the installed > kernel is congruent with the source. > > But the instructions for compiling the driver can't work as written > for Debian. The compile command is: > > gcc -DCARDBUS -DMODULE -D_KERNEL_ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes \ > -O6 -c dfe690.c -o dfe690_cb.o \ > -I/usr/src/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.0.9/include/pcmcia/ Google for "dfe690-txd linux" and you'll get some references. The module you need is "8139too". You want to forget about the source code on that CD and use a later version. The current version in Woody is 3.1.33; you can get it by apt-getting pcmcia-source. The Debian way to manage kernels and pcmcia is shown here: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html You may not even need to roll your own; if you were using a Debian 2.4 kernel you may be able to just run modconf and insert the module. Kevin Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
