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Re: HELP! with ethernet



On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 03:28:12PM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: 

> On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 08:01:33AM +0200, Philipp Schulte wrote:

No I did not write this! Just because we have the same name does not
mean you are allowed to fake qoutes ;)
 
> > > How do I compile the rtl8139.c file (I have tried, but it keeps
> 
> do you mean the rtl8139.c from the linux source tree?
> do not compile this file alone. use 'make config/menuconfig/xconfig'
> to configure linux, there you can choose this driver. then compile the
> kernel...

I didn't ask this.
 
> > > complaining about a missing linux/mod*.h [sorry, I did not record the
> > > name] file, even when I attempt to compile it in the same directory. 
> > > All the other *.h files are recognized)?  Is this the problem?
> > > I'm sure I've done something totally inappropriate, but all the
> > > consultation with howto files and man pages has left me befogged.
> > 
> > Is the file called "modversions.h"? I had this problem once but only
> 
> this modversion.h gets generated during the kernel build. so, you
> can't pick one file (rtl8139.c) and compile it. choose this driver and
> then compile your kernel.

Thank you but my kernel and RTL8139 works fine.
 
> > while trying to compile a newer rtl8139 driver - not the one from the
> > kernel. I was able to compile it with (I guess) this additional
> > option: "-I /usr/src/linux/linux".
> 
> this should be: -I/usr/src/linux/include/linux or more generally:
> -I<path to your linux source tree>/include/linux

That's what I meant, sorry.
Phil



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