install kernel mod for smc9425tx or Dlink DGE500T
We are trying to install ethernet cards onto new linux boxes. In the past, with the DLink DE-500, this has been trivial -- it just worked on Redhat 8 and 9. Now we are using Fedora Core 2 and Red Hat EE 3 which is pretty much RedHat 9.
For Red Hat EE 3 we are running 2.4.21
The new cards are not recognized at all. Both DLink and SMC claim to support a kernel module called sk98. SMC packages two such modules on the CD, one for 2.2, and one for 2.4 kernels. When we unpack the 2.4 version, the directions read, essentially: untar it, cd to the directory, and make. That seems easy enough....
The resulting error message is
skdim.c
In function 'GetCurrentSystemLoad
skdim.c:315 'kstat' undeclared
Both companies, by the way, claim Linux is unsupported, which they do NOT state in their documentation. Both claim to work in Linux, so this is at the very least extremely dishonest. I don't expect telephone support, but to be able to email with a driver problem seems pretty basic.
The SMC specifically is in the Linux HOWTO claiming to work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by dovkruger; 09-29-2004 at 09:04 AM.
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