Re: Fedora 21 Workstation - Agere ET-131x network card not working

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On 18.02.2015 12:45, Meikel wrote:
> Am 17.02.2015 um 19:45 schrieb poma:
>> $ su -c 'yum install kernel-devel'
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~
>>
>> $ wget \
>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.h \
>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> $ cat Makefile
>> obj-m += et131x.o
>>
>> KDIR  := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>> PWD   := $(shell pwd)
>>
>> default:
>> 	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>
>> ~~~~~~
>>
>> $ make
>> $ su
>>
>> # cp et131x.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates
>> # depmod
>>
>> # modinfo et131x
>> filename:       /lib/modules/3.18.7-200.fc21.x86_64/updates/et131x.ko
>> description:    10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet Driver for the ET1310 by Agere Systems
>> license:        Dual BSD/GPL
>> author:         Mark Einon <mark.einon@xxxxxxxxx>
>> author:         Victor Soriano <vjsoriano@xxxxxxxxx>
>> alias:          pci:v000011C1d0000ED01sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
>> alias:          pci:v000011C1d0000ED00sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
>> depends:
>> vermagic:       3.18.7-200.fc21.x86_64 SMP mod_unload
>>
>> # modprobe -v et131x
>> insmod /lib/modules/3.18.7-200.fc21.x86_64/updates/et131x.ko
>>
>> # dmesg -t
>> et131x: module verification failed: signature and/or  required key missing - tainting kernel
>>
>>
>> Works?
>>
>>
> 
> First I have to say that the machine running Fedora 21 is not connected 
> to network (since Agere Et-131x is the only network card). From my 
> understanding commands like "yum install ..." or "wget ..." will not run 
> on that machine without network connectivity. Therefore I installed a 
> Fedora 21 into a virtualbox on my Win 7 and followed the steps you 
> described there:
> 
> It went fine until the "cp et131x.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates" 
> command. When reaching that step I did transfer the et131x.ko via USB 
> stick to the target machine. There I did continue with the procedure you 
> described.
> 
> When running "modprobe -v et131x" on the target machine it failed with 
> the following message:
> 
> sudo modprobe -v et131x
>    insmod /lib/modules/3.17.4-301.fc21.i686/updates/et131x.ko
>    modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'et131x': Exec format error
> 
> To get some more information I then ran "file" and "uname" commands:
> 
> file /lib/modules/3.17.4-301.fc21.i686/updates/et131x.ko
>    /lib/modules/3.17.4-301.fc21.i686/updates/et131x.ko: ELF 32-bit LSB 
> relocatable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), 
> BuildID[sha1]=fa9fe5876be08f1c23a9873e78460196bc67effb, not stripped
> 
> uname -a
>    Linux thetarget.localdomain 3.17.4-301.fc21.i686 #1 SMP Thu Nov 27 
> 19:32:52 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> On the machine where I built the et131x.ko file I also ran "uname" command:
> 
> uname -a
>    Linux thebuilder.localdomain 3.18.7-200.fc21.i686 #1 SMP Wed Feb 11 
> 22:26:31 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> I installed it from the same installation media but unfortunately ran 
> "yum update" before building the et131x.ko file. So the kernel versions 
> on the two machines differ. Before following your recipe I started 
> building a custom kernel, so I have some ~/rpmbuild directory, perhaps 
> this does in some way conflict with your description.
> 
> Whenever you used "su" command in your description I used "sudo" 
> command, I hope that this will not lead to problems.
> 
> I'm not sure if it is valid to build the et131x.ko file on another 
> machine, so I'll try to find an USB-Ethernet-Card to bring the target 
> machine to the network and then again run thoses steps you described 
> directly on the target machine.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Meikel
> 


You mixed versions of the kernel.
Sync them and it should go. ;)


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