NIC install - found driver, need to compile(?)

[urbanyon <urbanyon@urbanyon.com>]

hi all,

i have a 3com NIC (3CSOHO100-TX).  i managed to find a driver here:

http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/3c59x-2.3-changelog.txt

thing is, i am a newbie with a capital N (well, maybe a little better than
that, but not much).  i have no idea how to get this thing installed (i
have determined that the module i need is NOT part of the kernel). do
i need to recompile the module, and if so, how?  do i need to recompile
the kernel once i've done this, and if so, how?  if i don't need to
recompile the kernel, what do i need to do?  i've been trying to get this
machine up and running and this seems to be the last step.

thanks for all of your help with this,

-b