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I am installing the driver for Marvell Yukon Ethernet driver to redhat
enterprise linux server 4.0 -SMP-x86-EMT64 with redhat 2.6.9 kernel

the lspci -v command returns the following:-

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Gigabit
Ethernet Controller (rev 19)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Marvell 88E8053 Gigabit
Ethernet Controller (Asus)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177
Memory at d7efc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at d7ec0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+
Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: [e0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting

I have downloaded the latest drivers from www.syskonnect.de:-
install-8_18.tar.bz2 and used 'bunzip2' to uncompressed into
'/usr/src/DriverInstall'

I have kernel sources installed at '/usr/src/kernel-2.6.9<arch>' and
made a symbolic link to '/usr/src/linux' as per installation
instructions of ethernet driver.

I used the '/usr/src/DriverInstall/install.sh' to generate a driver
patch.
A patch file (sk98lin_v8.18.2.2(beta)_2.6.9_patch) was created.

I issued the following two command to apply the driver patch to the
kernel:-
#cd /usr/src/linux
#cat /usr/src/DriverInstall/sk98lin_v8.18.2.2(beta)_2.6.9_patch | patch
-p1

then I got the following error:- bash: syntex error near expected token
'('

So I re-issued the command with single-quotes around the file name:-
# cat 'sk98lin_v8.18.2.2(beta)_2.6.9_patch' | patch -p1

And I got the following error again:-
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -ruN linux/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/lm80.h
linux-new/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/lm80.h
|--- linux/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/lm80.h 2004-10-19 07:55:06.000000000
+1000
|+++ linux-new/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/lm80.h 2005-04-26
00:06:58.000000000 +1000
--------------------------

elanore wrote:

> #cat /usr/src/DriverInstall/sk98lin_v8.18.2.2(beta)_2.6.9_patch |
> #patch
> -p1

This is not how to install a patch with Red Hat, it's more like;

patch -p1 < name_of_the_patch_file

Try as root from the /usr/src/linux location;

patch -p1 < sk98lin_v8.16.2.3_2.6.11_patch


--
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759

Thanks Lenard, that worked.

I have successfully apply the driver patch into the kernel. But a few
fhings remain: I need help with installing new kernel.

I've configured the linux kernel, using 'make menuconfig'. I
intergrated the driver permanently into the kernel.

I've compiled the kernel using following commands:-
#make dep
#make clean bzImage
#make modules
#make modules_install

I copied the new kernel into boot directory with following:-
#cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-new
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-new

The difficulity I am having is here:
I do not know how to create image for initrd /<cile-name.img>

"elanore" <kntchbll@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1118046186.126983.252050@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> Thanks Lenard, that worked.
>
> I have successfully apply the driver patch into the kernel. But a few
> fhings remain: I need help with installing new kernel.
>
> I've configured the linux kernel, using 'make menuconfig'. I
> intergrated the driver permanently into the kernel.
>
> I've compiled the kernel using following commands:-
> #make dep
> #make clean bzImage
> #make modules
> #make modules_install
>
> I copied the new kernel into boot directory with following:-
> #cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-new
> #cp System.map /boot/System.map-new

Ah-hah. You missed the "edit the Makefile or the .config to add a suffix to
the name of my kernel" step, and then "make install" which does mkinitrd for
you.