[linux-help] Re: How to compile a driver

[Bruce Bales <bbales@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The instructions provided are to build a module.  I sure don't want to rebuild
my kernel.  It is becoming increasingly obvious that linux is for programmers
and not for people.  I'm ready to give up.  Windows isn't so bad.  I have 9
ethernet boards, a hub, cables, six or seven books and after six or more weeks
the only card that works is the one in the windows box.

bruce

John Reinke wrote:

> Someone else should probably step in here to correct me or to supply
> instructions, but I believe you will need to place the code in a specific
> directory, and then reconfigure and compile your kernel. The driver will
> need to be compiled into the kernel or into a module to be used by the
> kernel. In fact, the driver code might already be on your computer.
>
> I've only compiled my kernel a few times, and while it works, I always get
> a lot of "modprobe couldn't find..." warnings during startup.
>
> John
>
> >Something is very wrong.  I very carefully copied the compile line for each
> >of these .c files and all I get is about 100 pages of errors.
> >
> >Installing Individual Drivers
> >
> >Drivers may be updated individually by following the directions in
> >http://scyld.com/expert/modules.html. You will need to build both the
> >driver.o and pci-scan.o modules using the following source files from
> >ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/
> >
> >     the driver source file   ---   winbond-840.c
> >     pci-scan.c
> >     pci-scan.h and
> >     kern_compat.h
>
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