Compiling r8169.c network card driver on RH 7.2

[Axianet.ch - Steven Moix]

Hello all, this is my first post here (great list, I found lots of info I
always wanted to kow)
I have an Alpha EV56 system with 64bit PCI slots (PC164 mobo), so I bought a
Planet ENW-9604 Gigabit adapter (Realtek 8169 chip). It is correctly
detected, I can see it via /proc/pci

I'm running RedHat Linux 7.2 for Alpha and there is no included driver for
it, so I have to compile my own driver. The C code is provided by Planet
here: ftp://ftp1.planet.com.tw/NIC/ENW-9605A/DR-ENW960x.zip

So I unzip it, I change the NEW_INCLUDE_PATH in the Makefile to
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/ and launch "make" to compile the
whole thing, then I got this:


[root at ev56 root]# make
gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DLINUX -O6 -Wall -I
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/ -c r8169.c
In file included from
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/asm/semaphore.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/linux/fs.h:200,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/linux/capability.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/linux/sched.h:9,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/linux/skbuff.h:19,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/linux/netdevice.h:147,
from r8169.c:54:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-27.7.x.hp/include/asm/current.h:4: warning:
call-clobbered register used for global register variable
r8169.c:216: parse error before `__devinitdata'
r8169.c:216: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of
`__devinitdata'
r8169.c:217: warning: braces around scalar initializer
r8169.c:217: warning: (near initialization for `__devinitdata')
r8169.c:217: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
r8169.c:217: warning: (near initialization for `__devinitdata')
r8169.c:217: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
r8169.c:217: warning: (near initialization for `__devinitdata')
r8169.c:217: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
r8169.c:217: warning: (near initialization for `__devinitdata')
r8169.c:217: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
r8169.c:217: warning: (near initialization for `__devinitdata')
r8169.c:217: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
r8169.c:217: warning: (near initialization for `__devinitdata')
r8169.c:217: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
r8169.c:217: warning: (near initialization for `__devinitdata')
r8169.c:218: warning: braces around scalar initializer
r8169.c:218: warning: (near initialization for `__devinitdata')
r8169.c:218: warning: excess elements in scalar initializer
r8169.c:218: warning: (near initialization for `__devinitdata')
r8169.c:219: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
r8169.c:223: `rtl8169_pci_tbl' undeclared here (not in a function)
r8169.c: In function `RTL8169_WRITE_GMII_REG':
r8169.c:462: warning: implicit declaration of function `writel'
r8169.c:467: warning: implicit declaration of function `readl'
r8169.c: In function `rtl8169_phy_timer_t_handler':
r8169.c:533: warning: implicit declaration of function `readb'
r8169.c: At top level:
r8169.c:560: parse error before `rtl8169_init_board'
r8169.c:561: warning: return type defaults to `int'
r8169.c: In function `rtl8169_init_board':
r8169.c:619: warning: implicit declaration of function `ioremap'
r8169.c:619: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
r8169.c:628: warning: implicit declaration of function `writeb'
r8169.c: At top level:
r8169.c:686: parse error before `rtl8169_init_one'
r8169.c:687: warning: return type defaults to `int'
r8169.c:860: parse error before `rtl8169_remove_one'
r8169.c:861: warning: return type defaults to `int'
r8169.c: In function `rtl8169_remove_one':
r8169.c:869: warning: implicit declaration of function `iounmap'
r8169.c:877: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
r8169.c: In function `rtl8169_open':
r8169.c:908: warning: implicit declaration of function `virt_to_bus'
r8169.c: In function `rtl8169_hw_start':
r8169.c:1090: warning: implicit declaration of function `writew'
r8169.c:1099: warning: implicit declaration of function `readw'
r8169.c: At top level:
r8169.c:1629: `rtl8169_pci_tbl' undeclared here (not in a function)
r8169.c:1629: initializer element is not constant
r8169.c:1629: (near initialization for `rtl8169_pci_driver.id_table')
r8169.c:1631: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
r8169.c:1634: initializer element is not constant
r8169.c:1634: (near initialization for `rtl8169_pci_driver')
r8169.c:1641: parse error before `rtl8169_init_module'
r8169.c:1642: warning: return type defaults to `int'
r8169.c:1650: parse error before `rtl8169_cleanup_module'
r8169.c:1651: warning: return type defaults to `int'
r8169.c: In function `rtl8169_cleanup_module':
r8169.c:1653: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
r8169.c: At top level:
r8169.c:1659: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of
`module_init'
r8169.c:1659: warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration
r8169.c:1659: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
r8169.c:1660: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of
`module_exit'
r8169.c:1660: warning: parameter names (without types) in function
declaration
r8169.c:1660: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
make: *** [r8169.o] Error 1


Anyone has an idea what the problem is?

Installed I have:
- Kernel 2.4.18-27.7.x.hp
- Kernel source 2.4.18-27.7.x.hp
- gcc 2.96

Could the gcc version be the problem?

Have a nice day
Steven