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Awesome, it now works =) Thanks a lot for the help! I didn't realize
you had to use the same compiler version... I guess I'll be getting
gcc 2.95.3! Again, thank you so much for your help. I don't know if
I'd be able to figure it out by myself.

2009/12/19  <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>:
>
> On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>
>> Aha, I am now able to detect one of the cards - the same as I was able
>> to detect before. However, I've tried pretty much all the modules from
>> the site you linked to, and none of them seem to be able to detect my
>> other card. The 2.4 version of the driver for the card is called
>> r8169, and I've been able to find it online, however it gives me the
>> following unresolved symbols:
>
> As I tried to explain, kernel and modules must be compiled using the same
> compiler, which for my kernels is gcc 2.95.3.  What you found online was
> probably compiled using a different (much newer) gcc.  I went to realtek
> and found the r8169 source code for kernels 2.4.20 or later (software,
> gigabit, PCI, check of 8169, linux...).  30K download, 28K compiled.
> I had to be running the same kernel and have kernel source code (in
> /usr/src/linux).
>
> http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31/r8169.o
>
> (Might also work for the cardbus version of the card with my lafb-cb
> kernel)
>
> Try without mii and crc, and if you get unresolved symbols insmod them
> first.
>
>> __ioremap_R9eac042a
>> pci_read_config_word_R923654cb
>> pci_register_driver_R1e536d21
>> cpu_raise_softirq_Rd01f3ee8
>> pci_alloc_consistent_Rca1c24c8
> (snip)
>>
>> Does anything look familiar? I don't know what it means, but I see
>> crc32 in there, even though I've already insmodded crc32.
>
> I bet your module does not work with my gcc 2.95.3 kernel.
>
>> I'm not going to quit as long as I'm getting somewhere - this is fun
>> =P Especially when someone actually cares to help.
>
> I learned linux this way.  BL is the only linux I normally use.
>
> I have used the DSL 2.4.31 kernel with DSL modules as a test to see if
> 2.4.31 does support certain hardware, copied to BL once it works in DSL
> live CD.  Try that if my module does not work with my kernel.  The DSL
> kernel is a lot bigger.
>
>> P.S: Does anyone know of a quick way to insmod multiple files? Am I
>> doing something wrong or does BL not support listing with curly
>> brackets?
>
> I don't know.  Read documentation for insmod.  Let us know.
>
> Or make a script called 8139-on some place on the path (/usr/sbin will do)
>
> cd /usr/sbin
>
> pico 8139-on
>
> insmod mii
> insmod crc
> insmod 8139too
>
> ctrl-X, Y
>
> chmod +x 8139-on
>
> Type 8139-on to insmod the three modules.
>
> Sindi
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