Can someone please help I have been stuck for days.

[Mathew S. Nowend]

After I extract the b44-bk-tgz file and extract it it makes the b44 file. I
go into that file and chmod +x compile and run it.  Then I run the compile
executable and this is the error I get.

/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.541/build/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 11: gcc: command
not found.

/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.541/build/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 12: gcc: command
not found.

    Cc [M] /root/b44/b44.0
    Make [1] *** [_module_/root/b44]error 2
    Make:  leaving dir 'lib/modules/2.6.8-1.541/build'


Thanks
Mathew

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Schwartz [mailto:MSchwartz at MedAnalytics.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:09 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Cc: Mathew S. Nowend
Subject: RE: Can someone please help I have been stuck for days.

On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 19:34 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend wrote:
> Okay I am able to boot into FC3.  I did try to go into ispci and it said
it
> didn't exist. It is a intergrated NIC BCM 4401 I did follow the link from
> below and I don't know where to get the kernel to update mine and then I
do
> not know how to replace it.
> 
> Mathew

Mathew,

First, the command that I mentioned is lspci (the first character is a
lower case "L").

For the fix, download Pekka's patch file at:

http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~pp/b44-bk.tgz

The above is listed in comment #66 on the bugzilla page that I indicated
earlier: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118165

Extract the above file into a folder. The main folder for the patch
files will be called "b44".

Change into that directory. Now change the mode of the file called
'compile' so that it is executable"

chmod +x compile

Now, run that command:

./compile

If the compile completes successfully, the result will be a series of
new files, but the one of interest is called 'b44.ko'.

Now (as root) copy that file to the kernel drivers directory:

cp b44.ko /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.667/kernel/drivers/net/b44.ko

You will likely be prompted to overwrite the existing file. Yes, you do
want to do this.

Now, you need to manually unload the current b44 module and then reload
the new one. Also done as root:

rmmod b44

then 

modprobe b44


Now, you should be able to configure and use your NIC.

If you have any problems with this procedure, post back here.

Note, that until this bug is closed, presumably indicating that the
patch has found it's way to FC3 via a new kernel update, you will need
to repeat the above procedure for any new kernel updates that you
install. So save this e-mail and the above patch files. You may want to
add your e-mail address to the cc: for the above Bugzilla report so that
you can keep track of any progress.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz