can't ifconfig after loading new 3c59x module

All,

I'm trying to install a new 3c59x driver on a Slackware 9.0 machine to use 
with a 802.1Q vlan interface.  Before trying to install it, I compiled a 
2.4.20 kernel with vlan capability, with the kernel's top level Makefile 
EXTRAVERSION=vlan.  That kernel, with its original 3c59x driver, can access 
the network without any problems.  However, when I build and install a new 
3c59x driver, ifconfig can't start up a new interface.

Here's how the driver is built:

mkdir netdrivers-3.4
cd netdrivers-3.4
tar -xvf ../netdrivers-3.4.tar
KERNVER=2.4.20vlan EXTRAFLAGS=-DCONFIG_VLAN make
install -m 644 pci-scan.o 3c59x.o /lib/modules/2.4.20vlan/kernel/drivers/net/
depmod -a 2.4.20vlan

Here's what happens at boot with the new 3c59x module:

...
INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
Going multiuser...
Configuring eth1:
ifconfig eth1 192.10.30.250 broadcast 192.10.30.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1
eth1: unknown interface: No such device
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1
SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1
eth1: unknown interface: No such device
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
...

Installing the modules from the command line with "insmod pci-scan 
msg_level=4" and "insmod 3c59x debug=7" and then running ifconfig gives the 
same error messages, except for the modprobe lines.

Any ideas what I've done wrong, so the eth1 interface can no longer be 
configured with the new driver?

James

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