I think you can force it to load anyway. see the modprobe and insmod man
pages.

or you can always compile your own kernel.


Gavin

on 9/12/00 8:10 AM, MAHE Vincent FTRD/DIH/REN  wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've downloaded the source code of drivers for the 3c90x fast ethernet card.
> I want to install the drivers under Linux Mandrake 7.0 of the 3c905B card.
> 
> When I compile the code  with the following instructions  (as it is said to
> do by the readme.txt of 3COM) :
> gcc -c 3c90x.c -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer \
> 
> -fno-strength-reduce -pipe -m486 -malign-loops=2 \
> 
> -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=486 \
> 
> -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include
> 
> it compiles and generates the 3c90x.o file  without any error.
> 
> But when I try to install the module with the following instruction "insmod
> 3c90x.o", I have the following message :
> 
> 3c90x.o : kernel-module version mismatch
> 3c90x.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.14-15mdk while this
> kernel is version 2.2.14-1mdklinus
> 
> How can I solve that ?
> 
> Is there a way to compile the 3c90x.c file with the right includes for
> kernel version 2.2.14-1mdklinus ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Vincent Mah�
> 
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