new ethernet card

[Adri]

Hello all,

the old ethernet card I had was not supported under Win2000 and another one 
was not supported under linux.

So, now I have a new ethernet card. It's Cnet PR0200(B). It's not in the 
supported hardware list but the bundled disk contains the source of the 
driver for linux and a readme file.

Now:

"
  A. Compiler command:

     A-1: For normal single processor kernel
          "gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -Wall
            -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c dmfe.c"

     A-2: For single processor and enable kernel module version function
          "gcc -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet
            -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c dmfe.c"

        Note: O of -O6 is a capital o, not a "0".
"

What does "enable version function" mean ?
        
"
  B. How to compile driver

     B-1: Login by supervisor

[I hope they mean root with supervisor, don't they?]

     B-2: Copy dmfe.c and Makefile into your HD. You can make a new directoty
          to put.
     B-3: Keep driver source file name as "dmfe.c" and makefile name as
          "Makefile"
     B-4: You can type the following command to compile driver. Please 
according
          to your system to pick one.
                make org        ;;
                make mod        ;;Set version info on all module symbol
                make smp        ;;symmetric multi-processing(SMP) support
                make smp_mod    ;;SMP & Set version into on module
        
          Or you can type above compiler command to compile driver.
                
        Note: Please check you must have the right kernel source on
              "/usr/src/linux".
"

I think make mod is my option, isn't it?

"
 C. The following steps teach you how to activate NIC:

     C-1: A simple and temporary method

        1. Used the upper compiler command to compile dmfe.c

        2. Insert dmfe module into kernel
           "insmod dmfe"        ;;Auto Detection Mode (Suggest)
           "insmod dmfe mode=0" ;;Force 10M Half Duplex
           "insmod dmfe mode=1" ;;Force 100M Half Duplex
           "insmod dmfe mode=4" ;;Force 10M Full Duplex
           "insmod dmfe mode=5" ;;Force 100M Full Duplex
           "insmod dmfe mode=100" ;;Force 1M HomeRun
           "insmod dmfe mode=200" ;;Force 1M LongRun

        3. Config a dm9102 network interface
           "ifconfig eth0 172.22.3.18"
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^ Your IP address

        4. Activate the IP routing table. For some distributions, it is not
           necessary. You can type "route" to check.

           "route add default eth0"


        5. Well done. Your DM9102 adapter actived now.

        Note. This is a temporary method. After you reboot the system, you
              will lost the setting.
"

Will it loose the settings? So how do I configure the whole stuff steadly ?

"
   D. Object files description:
    1. dmfe_r62.o:              For Redhat 6.2, kernel version 2.2.14-5.0
        2. dmfer61c.o:          For Redhat 6.1+CLE0.8, kernel 2.2.12-20
        3. dmfe_r60.o:          For Redhat 6.0, Kernel 2.2.5-15
        4. dmfe_m70.o:          For Mandrake 7.0, Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk
        5. dmfe_m61.o:          For Mandrake 6.1, Kernel 2.2.13-7mdk
        6. dmfer60c.o:          For RedHat6.0+CLE0.8, kernel 2.2.5-15CLE
        7. dmfe_k240t1.o:       For Kernel240test1. Without SMP and
                                did not set version on kernel module.
        8. dmfe_k240t4.o:       For Kernel240test4. Without SMP and
                                did not set version on kernel module.

        If you can make sure your kernel version, you can rename
        to dmfe.o and directly use it without re-compiling.
"
Does this mean that there's no source for my 2.2 kernel ?

Could you suggest me a better procedure to do the whole thing?

Thanks
Adri