hello !
what say's
less /proc/pci
is there a perhaps Davicom NIC ?
> lsmod shows two NIC modules:
>
> dmfe (not used)
> 8390 on IRQ17
there's a 8390.c & 8390.h file in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net
(linux-2.4.19-openmosix-r8)
some text out of 8390.c:
This is the chip-specific code for many 8390-based ethernet adaptors.
This is not a complete driver, it must be combined with board-specific
code such as ne.c, wd.c, 3c503.c, etc.
In /usr/src/linux/drivers/net is also a dmfe.c
Text of this file:
A Davicom DM9102/DM9102A/DM9102A+DM9801/DM9102A+DM9802 NIC fast
ethernet driver for Linux.
So, you can try to aktivate CONFIG_DM9102 in your .config
or in make menuconfig:
Network Device Support
-> Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)
-> EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers
-> Davicom DM910x/DM980x support
should work.
> when I reboot to gentoo and do modprobe, it finds no
> modules, and sure eough there are no modules in:
> /usr/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/net
how can modprobe find modules?
I use modprobe for 'inserting' modules.
for example: modprobe i2c-core
In this directory named by you are only the modules, you have selected for
compilation during configuring the kernel (make menuconfig) and most NIC's
are not compiled by default.
> so I copy those two modules from the CD to my gentoo
> system, and they wont work because they were complied
> for a different kernel
Jep, you will have to recompile your Kernel with Davicom NIC (I think) module.
(or compile you NIC into your Kernel)
But first have a look at your /proc/pci !
Joe
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