On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:52:34 +0100, Ian Northeast wrote:
> Bernard DEBREIL wrote:
>> The card is simply not reckognized, and it does not figure in the list
>> of reckognized ethernet cards for that RedHat distro. Could someone
>> tell me where I can find a driver for this card, or what alternate
>> setup may be tested ?
>>
>> The exact references of this card are :
>>
>> "Broadcom NetXtrem Gigabit Ethernet for HP"
>
> See http://www.broadcom.com/support/downloaddrivers.php.
Thanks a lot for this link. I have downloaded drivers, but I can't
compile/install any of them. I am not a specialist, and, when compiling a
program using the makefiles that are provided, if nothing goes wrong, I
have no problem. However, when something is not right, I am not likely to
know what to do. So, whether I try installing this driver, here is what it
says:
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[root@PCDEBREIL src]# make
gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DDBG=0 -DT3_JUMBO_RCV_RCB_ENTRY_COUNT=256
-DNICE_SUPPORT -DPCIX_TARGET_WORKAROUND=1 -DINCLUDE_TBI_SUPPORT -DINCLUDE_5701_AX_FIX=1
-Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -I/lib/modules/2.4.7-10/build/include -c -o b57um.o b57um.c In file
included from mm.h:30,from b57um.c:19:
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use
kernel-headers systemheaders,
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but rather headers from an appropriate
kernel-source package.
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:3:2:
#error Change -I/usr/src/linux/include (or similar)to /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:4:2:
#error -I/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:5:2:
#error to build against the currently-running kernel. make: *** [b57um.o]
Erreur 1
[root@PCDEBREIL src]#
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Now, here is the Makefile provided with the driver package:
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#!/usr/bin/make
# Makefile for building Linux Broadcom Gigabit ethernet driver as a
module. # $id$
# PREFIX may be set by the RPM build to set the effective root. PREFIX=
ifeq ($(shell ls /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
echo build),)
ifeq ($(shell ls /usr/src/linux > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo linux),)
LINUX=
else
LINUX=/usr/src/linux
endif
else
LINUX=/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
endif
# check if 2.4 kernel or 2.5+ kernel
BCM_KVER:=$(shell uname -r | cut -c1-3 | sed 's/2\.[56]/2\.6/')
ifeq ($(BCM_KVER), 2.6)
# Makefile for 2.5+ kernel
ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
obj-m += bcm5700.o
bcm5700-objs := b57um.o b57proc.o tigon3.o autoneg.o 5701rls.o
tcp_seg.o
EXTRA_CFLAGS = -DDBG=0 -DT3_JUMBO_RCV_RCB_ENTRY_COUNT=256 -DNICE_SUPPORT
-DPCIX_TARGET_WORKAROUND=1 -DINCLUDE_TBI_SUPPORT -DINCLUDE_5701_AX_FIX=1
else
default:
make -C $(LINUX) SUBDIRS=$(shell pwd) modules
install: default
@if [ -d $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/bcm
];\ then install -m 444 bcm5700.ko $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(shell uname
-r)/kernel/drivers/net/bcm;\ else mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(shell
uname -r)/drivers/net;\ install -m 444 bcm5700.ko
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/drivers/net;\ fi
install -m 444 bcm5700.4.gz $(PREFIX)/usr/share/man/man4;
endif
else # ifeq ($(BCM_KVER),2.6)
# Makefile for 2.4 kernel
ifeq ($(LINUX),)
$(error Linux kernel source tree not found)
endif
ifeq ($(shell which kgcc > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo kgcc),)
CC = gcc
else
ifneq ($(findstring gcc version egcs-2.91.66, $(shell cat /proc/version
2>&1)),)
CC = kgcc
else
CC = gcc
endif
endif
LD = ld
CFLAGS=-DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DDBG=0 -DT3_JUMBO_RCV_RCB_ENTRY_COUNT=256
-DNICE_SUPPORT -DPCIX_TARGET_WORKAROUND=1 -DINCLUDE_TBI_SUPPORT
-DINCLUDE_5701_AX_FIX=1 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -I$(LINUX)/include
ifeq ($(wildcard ~/rpmdir),)
rpmdir = /usr/src/redhat
else
rpmdir = $(wildcard ~/rpmdir)
endif
ARCH:=$(shell uname -m)
ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
CFLAGS+=-mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -pipe -finline-limit=2000
endif
ifeq ($(ARCH),ia64)
CFLAGS+=-pipe -ffixed-r13 -mfixed-range=f10-f15,f32-f127
-falign-functions=32
endif
ifdef DBG
CFLAGS += -DTIGON3_DEBUG=1
endif
ifdef SMALL
CFLAGS += -DBCM_SMALL_DRV=1
endif
all: bcm5700.o
tar: bcm5700.tgz
bcm5700.o: b57um.o b57proc.o tigon3.o autoneg.o 5701rls.o tcp_seg.o
$(LD) -i $^ -o $@
install: bcm5700.o
@if [ -d $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700
];\ then install -m 444 bcm5700.o $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname
-r`/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700;\ elif [ -d $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname
-r`/kernel/drivers/net/bcm ];\ then install -m 444 bcm5700.o
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/bcm;\ elif [ -d
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel ];\ then mkdir -p
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net;\ install -m 444
bcm5700.o $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net;\ else
mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/net;\ install -m 444 bcm5700.o
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/net/;\ fi
@if [ "$(PREFIX)" = "" ]; then /sbin/depmod -a ;\ else echo " *** Run
'/sbin/depmod -a' to update the module database.";\ fi
@if [ -d $(PREFIX)/usr/share/man ];\
then install -m 444 bcm5700.4.gz $(PREFIX)/usr/share/man/man4;\ elif [ -d
$(PREFIX)/usr/man ];\
then install -m 444 bcm5700.4.gz $(PREFIX)/usr/man/man4;\ fi
bcm5700.tgz: Makefile *.[cho] LICENSE RELEASE.TXT
tar cfvz $@ $^
rpm: bcm5700.tgz bcm5700.spec
cp -p $< ${rpmdir}/SOURCES/
rpm -ba bcm5700.spec
..PHONEY: all clean install tar
debug:
@make DBG=1
small:
@make SMALL=1
endif # ifeq ($(BCM_KVER),2.6)
clean:
-rm -f bcm5700.o bcm5700.ko b57um.o b57proc.o tigon3.o autoneg.o
5701rls.o tcp_seg.o bcm5700.mod.c bcm5700.mod.o
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Can you advise what to do next ?
I don't know how to interpretate the following errors:
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#error Change -I/usr/src/linux/include (or similar)to /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:4:2:
#error -I/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:5:2:
#error to build against the currently-running kernel. make: *** [b57um.o]
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The system recommends that I replace ' -I/usr/src... by
/usr/include/modversions...
which makes no sense to me, since modversions.h contains only error
messages, and, besides, I don't know where to find the string to modify,
since it does not appear in the makefile. In any case, the $(uname -r)
would make no sense to me either.
Thanks in advance for a knowledged hand
I point out that I am running kernel 2.4.7-10.
--
Bernard DEBREIL