Compiling module for interface ( Realtek r1000 )

Fred,

thank you for your comments and tips.
This helped me cook down the problem somewhat, though not yet solve it.

The first point is that the r1000 as a module for add-on hardware does
not rely on
finding the source code in /usr/src/linux or any other subdir of
/usr/src but rather
uses the tree on

/lib/modules/$(KVER)/build   with KVER=$(sh uname -r) .

However, this tree is _not_ consistent for KVER=2.6.10-ssi_3develsmp :
the subdir 'cluster' does not contain 'synch_types.h' and other header
files referred
to by 'include/linux/sched.h'.

This point I solved by creating a tar of  the headers in the 'cluster' subdir
# cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-ssi-2.6.10/linux/include
# tar cf cluster.tar cluster

and expanded this into
# cp cluster.tar /lib/modules/2.6.10-ssi_3develsmp/build/include
# cd /lib/modules/2.6.10-ssi_3develsmp/build/include
# tar xf cluster.tar

This removes all 'No such file ..' errors and errors related to these.

Unfortunately, a problem remains related to declarations in r1000_n.c :
line:
136:  static void r1000_rx_action(struct net_device *netdev);
137:  static void r1000_tx_action(struct net_device *netdev);

1295: static void FASTCALL (r1000_tx_action(struct net_device *netdev));
1344: static void FASTCALL (r1000_rx_action(struct net_device *netdev));

The compiler throws an 'error: conflicting types for 'r1000_tx_action'
and 'error: previous declaration of 'r1000_rx_action' was here'  (same for rx).

The definition of FASTCALL is identical in both trees for KVER=
2.6.10-ssi_3develsmp
and KVER=2.6.9-1.667smp , so I suspect that the declaration of the
struct net_device
in some way differs, though I could not find a place for that so far.

Does anybody know if

  struct net_device

is defined differently in openssi and how to resolve this?

Thank you for any comments or suggestions.

Cheers, cerbo

On 5/10/07, augier <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > A working solution for this interface is the installation of the r1000
> > module provided by the manufacturer Realtek. However, this works only
> > before the installation of openssi. Unpacking the r1000_v1.05.tar.gz
> > and issuing 'make modules' in the r1000_v1.05 directory builds the
> > module against the 2.6.9-1.667smp kernel. It can then be installed and
> > supports the RTL-8168 interface in the original FC3 environment.
> >
> > After installation of openssi the module has to be recompiled for the
> > 2.6.10-ssi_3develsmp kernel. This step results in a list of warnings
> > and errors. I include part of the listing below.

> I have the same probleme to compile an intel e1000 driver.
>
> To solve it i make the link :
>
> ln -s /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-ssi-2.6.10/linux /usr/src/linux
>
...

>
> After make and make install work fine.
> I hope that your Makefile in on the same model than the e1000 !
>
> Regards,
>
> Fred
>
> =======================
> Frederic Augier

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