I am trying to install a SMC9452TX card under Redhat 9.0 using kernal 2.4.20-30.9.
I have downloaded the most current drivers from the SMC site.
They claim to have drivers for both 2.2 and 2.4 versions of the kernel.
When I attempt to use insmod to install the 2.4 version of the driver I receive the following error.

[root@localhost 2_4]# insmod smc94x2.o
smc94x2.o: kernel-module version mismatch
smc94x2.o was compiled for kernel version 2.4.2-2
while this kernel is version 2.4.20-30.9smp.
[root@localhost 2_4]#


At this point I decided to just compile the driver against the currently running kernel, thinking it would
take care of everything. When I did that, I received the following:


[root@localhost 2_4]# make
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DSMC_SMC94X2TX -DMODULE -DCLONE -D__NO_VERSION__ -D_DUMP -DSINGLE_PACKET -D_DP83820_ -DINTR_HOLDOFF -DMEMMAPPED_IO -D_DBG -DPHY_INTR -DFAILURE_MESSAGES -DSTATISTICS -DASSERTION -DCHECKSUM -DERRDEBUG -O -Wall -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/include/ -g -w -c -o sp.o sp.c
In file included from nsmtypes.h:9,
from sp.c:18:
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use kernel-headers system headers,
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but rather headers from an appropriate kernel-source package.
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:3:2: #error Change -I/usr/src/linux/include (or similar) to
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:4:2: #error -I/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:5:2: #error to build against the currently-running kernel.
In file included from /usr/include/linux/sched.h:14,
from /usr/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from nsmtypes.h:13,
from sp.c:18:
/usr/include/linux/timex.h:173: field `time' has incomplete type
/usr/include/linux/timex.h:188: confused by earlier errors, bailing out
make: *** [sp.o] Error 1
[root@localhost 2_4]#

Here is a copy of the original makefile:

[root@localhost 2_4]# cat makefile
#!/bin/bash

INCLUDEDIR = /usr/src/linux-2.4.2/include/
MODULE_NAME = smc94x2

CFLAGS = -D__KERNEL__ -DSMC_SMC94X2TX -DMODULE -DCLONE -D__NO_VERSION__ -D_DUMP -DSINGLE_PACKET -D_DP83820_ -DINTR_HOLDOFF -DMEMMAPPED_IO -D_DBG -DPHY_INTR -DFAILURE_MESSAGES -DSTATISTICS -DASSERTION -DCHECKSUM -DERRDEBUG -O -Wall -I$(INCLUDEDIR) -g -w

OBJS = $(MODULE_NAME).o
all: $(OBJS)
$(MODULE_NAME).o: sp.o hsm.o dp.o
$(LD) -r $^ -o $@

/i:
insmod $(MODULE_NAME).o
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up

/c:
netconfig
clear
ifconfig

/u:
ifconfig eth0 down
rmmod $(MODULE_NAME)
clear
lsmod

clean:
rm -f *.o *~ core
clear
[root@localhost 2_4]#


So, based on the above error message I changed the INCLUDEDIR line. See below for modified makefile.

[root@localhost 2_4]# cat makefile
#!/bin/bash

INCLUDEDIR = /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/
MODULE_NAME = smc94x2

CFLAGS = -D__KERNEL__ -DSMC_SMC94X2TX -DMODULE -DCLONE -D__NO_VERSION__ -D_DUMP -DSINGLE_PACKET -D_DP83820_ -DINTR_HOLDOFF -DMEMMAPPED_IO -D_DBG -DPHY_INTR -DFAILURE_MESSAGES -DSTATISTICS -DASSERTION -DCHECKSUM -DERRDEBUG -O -Wall -I$(INCLUDEDIR) -g -w

OBJS = $(MODULE_NAME).o
all: $(OBJS)
$(MODULE_NAME).o: sp.o hsm.o dp.o
$(LD) -r $^ -o $@

/i:
insmod $(MODULE_NAME).o
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up

/c:
netconfig
clear
ifconfig

/u:
ifconfig eth0 down
rmmod $(MODULE_NAME)
clear
lsmod

clean:
rm -f *.o *~ core
clear
[root@localhost 2_4]#


When I use the above makefile, I get the same results... as before, see below

[root@localhost 2_4]# make
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DSMC_SMC94X2TX -DMODULE -DCLONE -D__NO_VERSION__ -D_DUMP -DSINGLE_PACKET -D_DP83820_ -DINTR_HOLDOFF -DMEMMAPPED_IO -D_DBG -DPHY_INTR -DFAILURE_MESSAGES -DSTATISTICS -DASSERTION -DCHECKSUM -DERRDEBUG -O -Wall -I/lib/modules//build/include/ -g -w -c -o sp.o sp.c
In file included from nsmtypes.h:9,
from sp.c:18:
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use kernel-headers system headers,
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but rather headers from an appropriate kernel-source package.
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:3:2: #error Change -I/usr/src/linux/include (or similar) to
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:4:2: #error -I/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:5:2: #error to build against the currently-running kernel.
In file included from /usr/include/linux/sched.h:14,
from /usr/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from nsmtypes.h:13,
from sp.c:18:
/usr/include/linux/timex.h:173: field `time' has incomplete type
/usr/include/linux/timex.h:188: confused by earlier errors, bailing out
make: *** [sp.o] Error 1
[root@localhost 2_4]#

Here is the output from DMESG, showing that I already have an eth0 adaptor installed. Is this the problem?
Do I need to change the vaule in the makefile to eth1?? If anyone can direct me on this, please....??

[root@localhost 2_4]# dmesg | grep eth
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Half Duplex
[root@localhost 2_4]#


Regards,
John

If you really can't find a solution to correctly compile your module for your running, you have the possibilty to do:
It will force the module insertion. But the best solution remains the compilation

To all,
In case anyone is interested. I contacted the developer of the driver, their support staff was very helpful. When I explained my issue, they informed me to use a different driver, SK98LIN. I then downloaded and compiled it for the 2.4 version of the kernel. Now the driver installs and the card is working. The vendor for this driver is WWW.SYSKONNECT.COM.


Issue Closed....