Re: nvnet module not working after kernel (and module) recompile

["SYNeR" <tups77@tsn.cc>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roberto Sanchez" <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: nvnet module not working after kernel (and module) recompile


> --- SYNeR <tups77@tsn.cc> escribió:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I upgraded from 2.4.20 --> 2.4.21, so far my nvidia.o (video driver)
module
> > is working.
> > Although, I did make && make install for my nvnet (onboard LAN adapter
> > driver) module.
> > I added nvnet to /etc/modules , added "alias eth0 nvnet" to
> > /etc/modules.conf, and rebooted..
> >
> > My settings are correct in /etc/networking/interfaces, as these are the
same
> > settings i used before the kernel
> > upgrade. After the reboot, lsmod shows nvnet is running.. but it seems
when i
> > try to run "ifconfig", it just appears
> > to lock up. tryinging to ping a box on my LAN fails, too.
> >
> > What I explained what i did above is what it says in the README for my
> > nforce2 motherboard linux drivers.. This, I'm pretty sure, is how I did
it
> > last time.
> >
> > Am I missing something?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > SYNeR
> >
> >
>
> Make sure that when you 'make-kpkg <options here> kernel_image
kernel_headers'
> that you have that kernel_headers target in there.  Then install the
kernel
> headers themselvs along with the kernel image.  Once the headers are
installed
> creat a symlink to the directory by 'ln -sf kernel-headers-2.4.21/
> linux-2.4.21'
>
> Once that is done, reboot and then 'make && make install' in the nforce/
> directory.  I'm not sure why, but the Makefile for the nforce drivers
relies
> on the modversions.h file which is only in the kenel headers.  It will
also
> only build the module for the currently running kernel (without modifying
the
> Makefile).
>
> HTH,
>
> -Roberto
>
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I didn't do the debian method of kernel upgrading, I simply grabbed the
2.4.20 source tgz, and
created /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 source tree (/usr/src/linux being a
symlink)... So shouldn't the headers
be part of that. Also, wouldn't the make && make install of the nvnet driver
have failed if the headers
weren't installed?