Re: kernel compilation

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Cristina Rivera (cris_apricot@hotmail.com) wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> I have to compile the kernel for installing its version 2.4.18 for doing 
> some work with it. But I have a problem, my network card is not recognized 
> by the kernel and I have to install the driver with an insmod, is there any 
> way to install the driver without having to recompile it again and obtain 
> the object file (*.o).  I actually have version 2.4.20-8 and when I built a 
> custom version of this kernel I had to recompile the driver because it 
> didn't appear for being inserted with insmod.

Is your driver appaear in vanilla kernel tree ?
What is your network card ?

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