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Old 07-21-2005, 12:56 AM   #1
ab2000
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Unhappy HowTo build a new PXES kernel to support a new NIC?


On a workstation running Redhat 9 (2.4.20-8) I have the pxesthinclient 1.0.6 (2.4.12).
I am trying to install a Marvell Yukon (SysKonnect) driver 8.23.1.3 (for 2.4.13 and above).

I've put the 2.4.20 src files into /usr/src/2.4.20 and linked to /usr/src/linux.
The pxes kernel resides in /opt/pxes-1.0/stock/arch/i586/kernel.

How do I build this NIC into this kernel and not the workstations' kernel?

The driver download gave me a Makefile and a bunch of .C files but I don't know from here.
I know I have gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5) installed.

I'm guessing that pxes is going to be upgraded to 2.4.20 but I don't know how to get the driver into a new kernel, and then compile it to the location I need it.

Where to next?

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Old 07-23-2005, 12:23 PM   #2
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The .c files with the makefile, go into the directory and type: make, if all work, a module will be produced with the output .o, type insmod filename.o and this will load the driver. Make a script to do it on boot or put the .o file in the /lib/modules/YOURKERNEL/appropriate dir and add it to your /etc/modules.


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