3c905c-txm driver problems

[benny k <ben@bagu.dhs.org>]

hey,

i'm having trouble getting the 3com driver (3c90x) to work with potato r2,
i386. i downloaded the driver from:

http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linux/3c90x-1.0.0i.tar.gz 

i have a 3c905-txm card. what follows is what i did and how it failed.

'./compile_UP'     <-- this a compile script they provide, it worked.
'insmod -f 3c90x.o media_select=7'    

response from last command:
"Warning: kernel-module version mismatch
          3c90x.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.15
          while this kernel is version 2.2.18pre21"

this didn't make sense to me because i just compiled it.

'lsmod'

response:
"              Used
...
3c90x	22580   0  (unused)
...

"

'ifconfig -a'   <-- showed eth0

'ifconfig eth0 x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x' 

response:
"SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device"


obviously this is the part that i cant get past. any help would be
great. perhaps i am missing a step in the loading of the driver??

b