Topic: How to create module for unsupp. NIC ??

[Jochen Hoegerl]

Hi all, I have to replace my onboard IntelNic, which burned with a new one.

The only spare I have is a NETGEAR FA311, which ships with Linux-driver
sources and a Makefile. Can I just copy the "sources" and execute the
makefile or do I have to install some other programs first ???. On the other
Hand because I'm trying to learn Linux I have a SuSE 7.0 Box on which I
installed more or less the whole DVD ). Can I compile or whatever
the driver on this maschine and the just copy it to my e-smith ??

Any help is very appreciated.

jochen

[Justin]

Did e-smith not pick up the Netgear driver? I think it uses the tulip drivers if I remember correctly.

I have had good success with most Netgear nics to date.

Let me know how it goes.

[Justin]

Sorry my last post is a little misleading. e-smith will not load a Netgear specific driver but I think it uses one of the generic drivers successfully with Netgear products. I don't have my server handy but I think it is the "Tulip" driver.

[Fran Boon]

>Can I compile or whatever the driver on this maschine and the just copy it to my >e-smith ??

If the SuSE 7.0 box has the same kernel version as E-Smith then this should be possible, yes

Copy the .o file to /lib/modules//net

then

/sbin/e-smith/db configuration set EthernetDriver1
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save

Cheers,
F

[Jochen Hoegerl]

Justin wrote:
>
> Sorry my last post is a little misleading. e-smith will not
> load a Netgear specific driver but I think it uses one of the
> generic drivers successfully with Netgear products. I don't
> have my server handy but I think it is the "Tulip" driver.


No it is not working, because Netgear changed the chipset for the FA311.
It's the FA310 that supports the tulip driver.

[Jochen Hoegerl]

Fran Boon wrote:
>
> If the SuSE 7.0 box has the same kernel version as E-Smith
> then this should be possible, yes
>
> Copy the .o file to /lib/modules//net
>
> then
>
> /sbin/e-smith/db configuration set EthernetDriver1
> /sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save
>
> Cheers,
> F

thx, I will try that.

[Gordon Rowell]

Jochen Hoegerl wrote:
> [...]
>
> No it is not working, because Netgear changed the chipset for
> the FA311.
> It's the FA310 that supports the tulip driver.

Netgear have experimental drivers for RedHat 7 on their
support web site. This driver seems to work for me under
uniprocessor, but there is no SMP module available at this
stage (which rules it out for my server).

If you have a uniprocessor box, download the drivers from
the Netgear site, place the .o in the /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/net
directory and

/sbin/e-smith/config set EthernetDriver1 fa311

Please note: e-smith does not support these cards at this
stage.

Gordon

[Jochen Hoegerl]

Gordon Rowell wrote:
>
> Netgear have experimental drivers for RedHat 7 on their
> support web site. This driver seems to work for me under
> uniprocessor, but there is no SMP module available at this
> stage (which rules it out for my server).
>
> If you have a uniprocessor box, download the drivers from
> the Netgear site, place the .o in the
> /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/net
> directory and
>
> /sbin/e-smith/config set EthernetDriver1 fa311
>
> Please note: e-smith does not support these cards at this
> stage.
>
> Gordon

Hi Gordon,

I found a pre-compiled rh7   fa311.o at:
          http://www.sonnik.com/fa311/

which works fine (if you can read this msg )  )

thx for your help.

jochen

[Gordon Rowell]

Jochen Hoegerl wrote:
> [...]
> Hi Gordon,
>
> I found a pre-compiled rh7   fa311.o at:
>           http://www.sonnik.com/fa311/
>
> which works fine (if you can read this msg )  )
>
> thx for your help.

This driver is also available pre-compiled in a zip file
from Netgear's site.

However, neither version works on an SMP kernel.

Gordon