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 ? -- Regards Christophe * GNU/Linux & UNIX developer and network administrator * Membre RotomaLUG (http://www.rotomalug.org) * Registered User #271267 * Email: c.lucas@ifrance.com * Web Site: http://odie.mcom.fr/~clucas/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/