[eepro100] PRO/100+ PCI 721383-011

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Tue Nov 20 23:46:01 2001


On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Bernd Oliver Christiansen wrote:

> I just installed Redhat 4.2 because I need a libc 5-based system.
> Unfortunately, it doesn't recognize my
> 
>   721383-011 Intel PRO/100+ PCI Management Adapter (TP)
>   (82559, full duplex, 2 led's)
> 
> NIC out-of-the-box.  It does have /lib/modules/2.0.30/net/eepro.o and
> eepro100.o from 1997, but I don't see pci-scan.o.  I guess the plus version
> didn't even exist back then...
> 
> Q: Does the current eepro100.c driver support the above NIC?

Yes.

> I tried to compile it on RedHat 4.2 (which is libc 5 based in case it
> matters), but it fails with
> 
>   kern_compat.h:148: linux/init.h: No such file of directory

Verify that LINUX_VERSION_CODE is set.  Line 148 is 

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > 0x20153
#include <linux/init.h>
#else

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