On Donald Becker's site there are other files beside the driver you
compiled, they are needed in order to load the driver.
They are pci-scan.{c,h} and kernel_compat.h,
pci-scan will be another module and will export the simbols in question.
Pekka Savola wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> [ Posted on both linux-net and linux-kernel ]
>
> Using kernel-2.2.16-3 (Redhat) on P3/650 (UP).
>
> I just got a D-Link DFE-570TX Quad Ethernet card. It seems to use
> DC21143 chipset.
>
> Has anyone managed to get this card working in forced full duplex/100
> Mb? More of the problems encountered below.
>
> Initial tests show that it works OK with tulip in autonegotiation mode.
>
> With de4x5 drivers in auto-negotiation mode, there is one irritating
> problem. If you have configured your interface up, and then plug out the
> UTP cable, you'll get the following errors ad infinitum:
>
> ---
> eth2: media is unconnected, link down or incompatible connection.
> eth2: media is 100Mb/s.
> eth2: media is unconnected, link down or incompatible connection.
> eth2: media is 100Mb/s.
> eth2: media is unconnected, link down or incompatible connection.
> eth2: media is 100Mb/s.
> ---
>
> Repeated at about one second's intervals. Apparently the driver always
> tries to take up the interface no matter what. I have also tried to
> take up all interfaces save one to see if it'd homehow fail because
> _other_ ports are down, but that didn't help any. This won't happen with
> my other one-port DE500-BA using the same drivers.
>
> This isn't a show-stopper though.
>
> Both de4x5 (either from 2.2.16-3 or the one from 2.2.17pre12) and tulip
> fail to work properly in forced full duplex, 100Mb environment.
>
> With de4x5, you'll just get an error:
>
> eth2: media is unconnected, link down or incompatible connection full
> duplex.
>
> Even ARP resolution won't work. New 2.2.17pre12 worked like a charm on my
> other, one-port DE500-BA though.
>
> With tulip, you get no warnings but it just won't work. I tried both
> options=5,5,5,5 and options=14,14,14,14 arguments.
>
> Tulip drivers on Donald Becker's site seemed significantly different, but
> I wasn't able to test with them; all I got was:
> ---
> tulip.o: unresolved symbol pci_drv_unregister
> tulip.o: unresolved symbol pci_drv_register
> ---
>
> I'm no driver/kernel guy, but perhaps some might have ideas what might be
> going on here. I can naturally test anything you can throw at my
> direction ;)
>
> (Please Cc: any relevant follow-ups to me)
>
> Regards,
> --
> Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
> Pekka.Savola@netcore.fi not those you stumble over and fall"
>
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