3c59x driver

[Al Goldstein]

On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Robert Montgomery wrote:

> Ok, I've received a few responses about my 3C900 card and from what
> I've read on the vortex page, I decided I should try to re-compile the
> kernel with the new source for the 3c59x driver, which I picked up off
> the vortex page...  Basically, I just replaced the 3c59x.c file in the
> /usr/src/linux/drivers/net directory, went back to the /usr/source/linux

You must do make mrproper then make config.  Answer yes to add vortex
and to whatever else you want to configure --see your original .config file
for ideas. then make dep make clean make zImage

> 
> directory, did a "make dep", then a "make clean", and finally a
> "make zImage", only to have it fail when compiling the new driver
> source.  I also tried compiling it by itself with the compile command
> given at the end of the source and got the same compile errors...
> The following is what came out of the "make zImage":
> 
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/drivers/net'
> make all_targets
> make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/drivers/net'
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/include -Wall
> -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-reduce -pipe
> -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586  -c
> -o 3c59x.o 3c59x.c
> 3c59x.c:94: parse error before `<'
> 3c59x.c: In function `vortex_probe1':
> 3c59x.c:879: stray '\' in program
> 3c59x.c:879: parse error before `;'
> 3c59x.c:926: `mii_preamble_required' undeclared (first use this
> function)
> 3c59x.c:926: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> 3c59x.c:926: for each function it appears in.)
> 3c59x.c: In function `mdio_read':
> 3c59x.c:2047: `mii_preamble_required' undeclared (first use this
> function)
> 3c59x.c: In function `mdio_write':
> 3c59x.c:2079: `mii_preamble_required' undeclared (first use this
> function)
> make[3]: *** [3c59x.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/drivers/net'
> make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/drivers/net'
> make[1]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/drivers'
> make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob
> 
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