NIC card error with gcc command

[hookem1994]

I am trying to install a new NIC card on Redhat 7.1 server.
When I run the compile file/script I receive an error tha tthe rtl8139.o fiel has not been found. I am attaching the compile script and the errors that I get.

Thanks in advance,
David

Here is the executible compile file I have:

gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c rtl8139.c `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] && echo -DMODVERSIONS`
if [ ! -x /usr/src/linux/modules ]
then
mkdir /usr/src/linux/modules
fi
cp ./rtl8139.o /usr/src/linux/modules/rtl8139.o

Here are the errors I recieved:

In file included from rtl8139.c:70:
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use kernel-headers system headers,
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but headers from an appropriate kernel-source
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/src/linux/modules': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `./rtl8139.o': No such file or directory

 

[mbr]

Hi,

there are several points to mention, first is that GCC creates the output file with a default name of &quot;a.out&quot;, when not given the option &quot;-o <FILENAME>&quot;. So you probably should use the command:

gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c rtl8139.c -o rtl8139.o

. Don't you have a vendor-supplied Makefile for that?

Next thing is that you probably use the wrong directory to store your kernel-modules. As far as i know, the modules are searched for under &quot;

/lib/modules/<Kernel-Version>

&quot;, there should be a subdirectory &quot;net&quot; for the given NIC-module. Again, that should be done by a simple &quot;make install&quot;, using the right Makefile.

HTH,
mbr