3com NIC

mikeheggy · 07-08-2005, 11:58 AM

I have an old 3com network card that I couldn't find pre-compiled drivers for - it's a "3c905B-TXNM". So I went to the 3com website, they had compatible linux drivers, and I downloaded them.

I compiled the driver, but when I typed "insmod [module]", this came up:

kernel-module version mismatch
[module] was compiled for kernel version 2.4.27-4trsmp
while this kernel version is 2.4.31-3trsmp

How can I fix this?

Thanks

Berhanie · 07-08-2005, 12:42 PM

Try "insmod -f module_name".

mikeheggy · 07-08-2005, 01:05 PM

Okay, the forced load did work, and the card seems to be working. It gave me the same warning, but also something about a tainted module...

I realized I didn't have the source installed for my kernel. I did install the kernel-source rpm and compiled it again, but the same error message.

Why would it compile the driver for the wrong kernel (version)? Is there anything I can do to fix that?

Berhanie · 07-08-2005, 01:13 PM

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Why would it compile the driver for the wrong kernel (version)? Is there anything I can do to fix that?

I'd guess that what you download from the 3com site also had a binary component which was compiled for an older kernel.

mikeheggy · 07-08-2005, 02:07 PM

Thanks for your replies, Berhanie. It turns out the popular 3c59x supports my card, so I just used that instead.