2001-03-27 11:26:02

by Santiago Romero

Subject: AMD PCnet32 driver does not compile on 2.4.x

Hi!
Sorry for the "private" message... I'm testing some machines
(real and virtual) under 2.4.3pre8, that have a AMD PCNET32
ethernet driver. This cards works PERFECTLY under 2.2.x, but if
I compile 2.4.x, I get a error on pcnet32.c about a function
not defined: is_valid_etherdevice().

It seems that you all have changed lots of networking functions
on the 2.2 to 2.4 change, but this driver still continues using
the old functions.

If i just comment the call to is_valid_etherdevice() (I'll
assume the kernel passes a good etherdevice to pcnet32.c :-)
the system hangs during boot when loading the pcnet32 module.

If you need more info about this, ask me at this email.
Thanks a lot for any help.

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2001-03-27 16:20:13

by Jeff Garzik

Subject: Re: AMD PCnet32 driver does not compile on 2.4.x

Santiago Romero wrote:
> Sorry for the "private" message... I'm testing some machines
> (real and virtual) under 2.4.3pre8, that have a AMD PCNET32
> ethernet driver. This cards works PERFECTLY under 2.2.x, but if
> I compile 2.4.x, I get a error on pcnet32.c about a function
> not defined: is_valid_etherdevice().

hmmm. I just tested a vanilla 2.4.3-pre8, with the drivers/net/Makefile
fix, and I don't see this at all.

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