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Author:  wb6otg [ Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:47 am ]
Post subject:  Ethernet device driver

I recently moved my knoppmyth 5F27 installation to new hardware. It's working fine except that it doesn't have a driver for the SIS900 integrated ethernet. Dmesg indicates that the hardware is correctly detected, but there is no sis900.ko file.

I'm fairly new to Linux, so this is probably a very basic question, but how do I get this driver?

I have access to another Linux box (running Gentoo and a slightly older kernel version) and found sis900.ko (as well as sis900.c and sis900.h) there. I copied the .ko file, but modprobe complained "module not found" Do I need to build the driver from the source files? If so, is there a make file or a standard set of compile options for building drivers?

Author:  cecil [ Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:14 pm ]
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I'm failr certain that module is built into the kernel. Doesn't netcardconfig work to configure networking?

Author:  wb6otg [ Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:06 am ]
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Ah, netcardconfig, that's what I was missing! I ran it and the network works fine. Thanks for your help.

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