Problems with ASUS A7V8X-MX

From: Puppet (mutant.puppet_at_nofuckingspam.libero.it)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:17:51 GMT

Hi everybody

I installed the last Red Hat release on my computer. All the process went
well, but I found a problem: the net doesn't work. Is is quite strange,
because if I ping, from my linux computer, his own ip adress, he pongs in
the right way, but I can't see the other computers of my network. In the
same way the other computers can't see my linux workstation.

So I discovered the cause: the net interface is integrated in my motherboard
(ASUS A7V8X-XM) and it is a VT6103, but linux installd a VT6102!!! So I
decided to install it manually, compiling the code given by ASUS... well
guys, it doesn't work! I mean I can't compile it, so I can't have the file.o
I need! It always give me an error, named ERROR 1, without any explanation.

More:

1. I installed the kernel source codes
2. I verified all the paths, and compiling there are no error about a wrong
or not found path
3. I love Linux, I'm trying to make it enter inside the company I work in...
I'm working on sunday to earn time, not to make my boss complain about my
beloved linux ;-)
4. I'm a newbie, anyway, I've always used it as a simple user, not as an
admin, so this is the first time I install this o.s.
5. All the rest of the installation seems to be gone well
6. The ASUS driver codes are the latest release
7. The motherboard is present in the Red Hat site as a compatible one
8. To compile the code, I tried with "make -k" textually in the shell
9. The adresses I used in my linux workstation are good, no conflicts or
else with the other computers on the net
10. I installed RED HAT PROFESSIONAL WORKSTATION KERNEL 2.4.21 GCC 3.2 (an
original one, not downloaded or else)

Please, help me! I'm sure the problem is my unexperience, I probably did
something wrong... anybody else had the same problem?

Thanks everybody
Puppet

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This is the Makefile:

DEBUG = 0

VMNS = 1

OBJS := rhine_main.o rhine_proc.o rhine_wol.o
SRC = rhine_main.c rhine_proc.c rhine_wol.c
TARGET = rhinefet.o

KSP := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build \
        /usr/src/linux-$(shell uname -r) \
        /usr/src/linux-$(shell uname -r | sed 's/-.*//') \
        /usr/src/kernel-headers-$(shell uname -r) \
        /usr/src/kernel-source-$(shell uname -r) \
        /usr/src/linux-$(shell uname -r | sed
's/\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)\..*/\1/') \
        /usr/src/linux

ifeq ($(VMNS),1)
OBJS+=rhine_vmns.o
SRC+=rhine_vmns.c
endif

test_dir = $(shell [ -e $(dir)/include/linux ] && echo $(dir))
KSP := $(foreach dir, $(KSP), $(test_dir))

KSRC := $(firstword $(KSP))
#KSRC :=/usr/src/ksrc/RedHat/7.2/linux-2.4.7-10alt-ent
ifeq (,$(KSRC))
  $(error Linux kernel source not found)
endif

VERSION_FILE := $(KSRC)/include/linux/version.h
CONFIG_FILE := $(KSRC)/include/linux/config.h

ifeq (,$(wildcard $(VERSION_FILE)))
  $(error Linux kernel source not configured - missing version.h)
endif

ifeq (,$(wildcard $(CONFIG_FILE)))
  $(error Linux kernel source not configured - missing config.h)
endif

ifneq (,$(findstring egcs-2.91.66, $(shell cat /proc/version)))
  CC := kgcc gcc cc
else
  CC := gcc cc
endif

test_cc = $(shell which $(cc) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo $(cc))
CC := $(foreach cc, $(CC), $(test_cc))
CC := $(firstword $(CC))

CFLAGS
+= -Wall -DLINUX -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D__NO_VERSION__ -O2
-pipe
CFLAGS += -I$(KSRC)/include -I. -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer
CFLAGS += $(shell [ -f $(KSRC)/include/linux/modversions.h ] && \
            echo "-DMODVERSIONS -include
$(KSRC)/include/linux/modversions.h")

KVER := $(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E -dM $(VERSION_FILE) | grep UTS_RELEASE |
\
          awk '{ print $$3 }' | sed 's/\"//g')

KERVER2=$(shell uname -r | cut -d. -f2)

.SILENT: $(TARGET) clean

ifeq ($(TARGET), rhinefet.o)
 ifneq ($(KVER),$(shell uname -r))
  $(warning ***)
  $(warning *** Warning: kernel source version ($(KVER)))
  $(warning *** does not match running kernel ($(shell uname -r)))
  $(warning *** Continuing with build,)
  $(warning *** resulting driver may not be what you want)
  $(warning ***)
 endif
endif

INSTDIR := $(shell find /lib/modules/$(KVER) -name $(TARGET) -printf "%h\n"
| sort | head -1)

ifeq (,$(INSTDIR))
 ifeq (,$(KERVER2))
  ifneq (,$(wildcard /lib/modules/$(KVER)/kernel))
      INSTDIR := /lib/modules/$(KVER)/kernel/drivers/net
  else
      INSTDIR := /lib/modules/$(KVER)/net
    endif
 else
  ifneq ($(KERVER2),2)
      INSTDIR := /lib/modules/$(KVER)/kernel/drivers/net
  else
      INSTDIR := /lib/modules/$(KVER)/net
    endif
 endif
endif

# look for SMP in config.h
SMP := $(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E -dM $(CONFIG_FILE) | \
         grep CONFIG_SMP | awk '{ print $$3 }')
ifneq ($(SMP),1)
  SMP := 0
endif

ifeq ($(VMNS), 1)
 CFLAGS += -DVMNS
endif

ifeq ($(DEBUG), 1)
 CFLAGS += -DRHINE_DBG
endif

ifeq ($(TARGET), rhinefet.o)
ifneq ($(SMP),$(shell uname -a | grep SMP > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 1 || echo
0))
  $(warning ***)
ifeq ($(SMP),1)
  $(warning *** Warning: kernel source configuration (SMP))
  $(warning *** does not match running kernel (UP))
else
  $(warning *** Warning: kernel source configuration (UP))
  $(warning *** does not match running kernel (SMP))
endif
  $(warning *** Continuing with build,)
  $(warning *** resulting driver may not be what you want)
  $(warning ***)
endif
endif

ifeq ($(SMP), 1)
  CFLAGS += -D__SMP__
endif

$(TARGET): $(filter-out $(TARGET), $(SRC:.c=.o))
 $(LD) -r $^ -o $@
 echo; echo
 echo "**************************************************"
 echo "Build options:"
 echo " VERSION $(KVER)"
 echo -n " SMP "
 if [ "$(SMP)" = "1" ]; \
  then echo "Enabled"; else echo "Disabled"; fi
 echo -n " VMNS "
 if [ "$(VMNS)" = "1" ]; \
  then echo "Enabled"; else echo "Disabled"; fi
 echo "***************************************************"

install: clean $(TARGET)
 mkdir -p $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)
 install -m 644 -o root $(TARGET) $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)
 @if [ -f $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o ] ; then \
  echo "***** Move official driver via-rhine.o to via-rhine.o.backup" ; \
  echo "mv $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o
$(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o.backup";\
  mv $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o
$(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o.backup ; \
  echo ;\
 fi ;
 @if [ -f $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/linuxfet.o ] ; then \
  echo "***** Move previous driver linuxfet.o to linuxfet.o.backup" ; \
  echo "mv $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/linuxfet.o
$(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/linuxfet.o.backup";\
  mv $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/linuxfet.o
$(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/linuxfet.o.backup ; \
  echo ;\
 fi ;

ifeq (,$(MOD_ROOT))
 /sbin/depmod -a || true
else
 /sbin/depmod -b $(MOD_ROOT) -a || true
endif

uninstall:
 rm -f $(INSTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 @if [ -f $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o.backup ] ; then \
     echo "***** Restore official driver vai-rhine.o from
$(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)".; \
  echo "mv $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o.backup
$(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o";\
     mv $(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o.backup
$(MOD_ROOT)$(INSTDIR)/via-rhine.o ;\
 fi
 /sbin/depmod -a

clean:
 rm -f $(TARGET) $(SRC:.c=.o) *~

-include .depend.mak 

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