On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 01:50:06PM -0400, Ian Rutherford wrote:
> I've got a D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Network adapter (10/100 Mbit) and I'd like
> to get it running under linux. I'm a total newbie, but I've got the Redhat
> 5.2 box with manual. Unfortunately none of the supplied drivers support my
> card, and the only driver I could find on the net was a C source file.
> I've got VC++ 6 for windows, but I haven't the slightest clue what to do
> with this thing in linux. I don't know how to compile it, or where to put
> the binary file once it's compiled. Can anyone help?
Sure.
You want to use gcc, the compiler that comes with linux.
You'll want to do something along the lines of
gcc -c sourcefile.c
provided a bunch of error messages don't show up, you should
have a file in the directory called sourcefile.o
At this point you should be able to type
insmod sourcefile.o
and it should work. I'm not sure where modules belong in redhat
so that the system can find them. someone else will have to help
there.
If your run into real problems compiling it
send me a copy of the source file(provided it's not miles long)
and I'll figure out what other compiler flags you need, and let
you know
good luck.
greg
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