Re: Details of my problem. [Network card not detected]

Florian Bruckner <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.real-time.rtlinux.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This does not seem to be an RTLinux problem, but only a linux kernel 
configuration problem.

> I initilly had not chosed 3COM support while doing the make 
> menuconfig...but I re-did the whole make menuconfig and the following 
> steps by selecting 3COM support. It still isnt detecting the network 
> card. Also under /dev I see know eth0 file.

You will never see the network card under /dev, because network devices 
are exceptionally not handled via device files by linux. This is due the 
history of linux and probably also a performace issue.

To get the network card running I would first try 'lspci' to scan the 
PCI bus for devices (look for your ethernet controller). Then do the 
make menuconfig again, but select all network cards you want as module. 
Recompile your kernel and restart the system. After reboot you can 
easily insert the module by calling
'insmod /lib/modules/kernel-version/drivers/net/....'
or something. If you now run 'insmod eth0' and you get an output it has 
works, otherwise try 'dmesg' in order to get the error messages of the 
kernel module.

If it works you can afterwards compile the right module into the kernel.

I hope it works!
FloB

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