bradford@hennon.net (Bradley Hennon) wrote in message news:...
> I have done a fresh install of RH9 on a compaq armada m700. I have a
> gigafast wf721-aex 802.11b pcmcia card. I have downloaded the
> (linux)drivers from the gigafast site for rh9.
> Here are the contents of that download:
>
> Makefile
> priv_part.o
> r8180_export.h
> r8180_if.c
> r8180_if.h
> r8180_pci_init.c
> r8180_pci_init.h
> r8180_type.h
> readme
> rls_note_1124
> rtl8180_24x.o
> wlandown
> wlandrv_release_note
> wlanup
>
> I have no clue what these file represent or what to do with them. Is
> there somewhere out there that walks me through this process?
>
> I have read the readme ( i should say, i read the words and didnt
> understand what to do from step 1).
>
> It says "make sure you specify INCLUDEPATH" but i am not sure what
> that should look like. Here is the example they give:
> FOR EXAMPLE, " INCLUDEPATH=-I /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/ " in
> RedHat8.0.
>
> Where do i do this?
> What is the "Makefile" and how do i know what to edit and what to
> leave alone?
>
>
> Can anyone help in terms i can understand? I have read the readme file
> and tried to find help online but everything i read seems to be a step
> ahead of what i can understand.

I ran make and make install after making changes to the makefile but
get an error when i try and add the network card. Hardware is not
responding.

any thoughts