Re: more install problems

[Andrew McGuinness <andrew@arobeia.co.uk>]

Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Saturday 02 August 2003 11:19, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> [...]
>
> > I really think the 8139too driver in 2.4.18 ought to be able to
> > work this.
> >
> > The problem must be either a general PCMIA issue, or a problem with
> > the 8139too driver being compiled-in instead of being a module.
>
> [...]
> I have given up trying with the 2.4.18-bf2.4 and changed to the kernel 
> 2.4.18-686, and would like to see if the 8139too driver can now be 
> compiled.  The latest file (from the Realtek site) has this Makefile:
Looking at the cardctl output from your card, I think the 8139too module 
provided with 2.4.18-686 ought to work.  Remember that your mandrake 
install worked without needing to compile a separate driver.

boot into the new kernel, and:

# modprobe pcmcia
# modprobe yenta_socket
# modprobe 8139too
# ifconfig eth0 up



> # Makefile for a basic kernel module
>
> #-----------------------------------------------------------------
> # This flag specifies access type to operation register on PCI \ 
> ethernet chips.
> # If you apply 8139/8139CP ethernet controller via cardbus interface \ 
> on linux distribution Red Hat 7.3
> # please turn on this macro.
> #------------------------------------------------------------------
> #RTL_MEM_ACCESS = USE_IO_OPS
The above line defines RTL_MEM_ACCESS, but is commented out.  Take off
the leading #

> #------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Please specify the include path according to your kernel.
> #------------------------------------------------------------------
> NEW_INCLUDE_PATH = /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-3/include/
>
> #------------------------------------------------------------------
> # GNU C compiler and its flags
> #------------------------------------------------------------------
> CC=gcc
> MODCFLAGS := -O6 -Wall -DCONFIG_KERNELD -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ \
> -DLINUX  -D${RTL_MEM_ACCESS}
>
>
>
> all: 8139too
>
> 8139too:        8139too.c /usr/include/linux/version.h
>                 $(CC) $(MODCFLAGS) -I$(NEW_INCLUDE_PATH) -c \
> 8139too.c -o $@.o
>
>
> 'make' fails because of the '-D${RTL_MEM_ACCESS}'.  Can anybody tell 
> me what this is intended to be.  Is it an item that needs editing 
> (not according to the instructions in the readme), or is it an 
> environment variable that Realtek expect to be available, or what.  
> It is evidently interpreted as '-D'.
>
> TIA