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["HenRi KiRya" <henry AT cmf.co.ug>]

i have found some driver modules for the card (fethcb_c.o)
one was written for the 2.2.14-5.0  kernel ( redhat 6.2)
the other for 2.2.16-22 ( redhat 7.0)

i still get kernel version mismatch errors
 when i insmod fethcb_c.o  -f
unresolved symbol register drive

is it possible to find where could i fing the above mentioned kernels in a
format tht is useable in
baslinux ?
i tried to find one from the redhat site and it was in the .rpm format

and Steven ive tried to insmod the rtl8139.o from slackware 7.1
win no success

thanks

kirya





-----Original Message-----
From: James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [BL] PCMCIA network and modem ERROR messages


>On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, HenRi KiRya wrote:
>
>> I need to use a realtek cardbus pcmcia net card ( cnf401 fast ehternet
>> cardbus adaptor)
>> its not included in the pcmcia.tgz package from slackware
>> the card came with an rtl8139.c file
>> what would be the best way forward
>> - seek to comile a driver on basic linux ( wouldnt that require kernel
>> source files ?)
>> - plug in another higher kernel ( wouldnt that raise other issues of
>> dependancies and libraries?)
>>
>Are you sure there's no realtek module in the Slack 7.1 pcmcia.tgz?
>Anyway if there's not, it sounds like what they want you to do with the
>rtl8139.c file is compile a new kernel with this module in it.  I think
>that's what files that end in .c like that are for: they written in c
>programming language and tell the kernel routine how to compile for that
>device.  A bit sketchy on that, but I think that's the gist.  For that,
>you'd need both kernel source AND a compiler.  That would take up quite a
>bit of disk space.  Plugging in another kernel is definitely an option,
>but does introduce some complexities as you mention.  I don't think
>libraries are the problem, or dependencies.  The kernel would just need to
>have any of its loadable modules (don't know how many you load beside this
>pcmcia one) to have been compiled for that kernel.  Due to the work of the
>Delilinux team, this might be easier than it sounds.  When I was
>experimenting with wireless on my laptop, I grabbed the pcmcia.tgz from
>the Deli site: it contains updated modules for the 2.2.25 kernel.  Not
>sure if it contains the rlt one you're looking for, but it might.  For
>some strange reason, they do not seem to provide the 2.2.25 kernel at the
>Deli site, though.  I was able to find that kernel at the Drinou Linux
>site, though.  So I was able to test out a couple of wireless NIC modules
>this way using BL2.  Hope this helps.
>
>James
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