network card driver install problem (broadcom)

[Rick Stevens]

Rajesh wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> I have installed Red Hat Linux 9 on my Laptop (Compaq nx5000). It has 
> not recognized my network card
> 
> which is Broadcom 440x. I have downloaded the driver from 
> www.broadcom.com and have gone through
> 
> the README file for instructions.
> 
>  
> 
>    1. Installed the source RPM package using
> 
>  rpm –ivf bcm4400-3.0.8-1.src.rpm
> 
>  
> 
>    2. cd /usr/src/redhat
>    3. rpmbuild –bb SPECS/bcm4400.spec
> 
>  
> 
> I am stuck here, when I type this command it complains about gcc not 
> found. So, I have installed gcc-3.2.2-5.
> 
> After I installed the gcc I am getting lots of compiling errors when I run
> 
>  
> 
> rpmbuild –bb SPECS/bcm4400.spec
> 
>  
> 
> Linux gurus please help me to get this working.

It would help a lot if you give us some examples of the errors you're
getting.  I trust you also installed all of the gcc dependencies such as
libgcc.  You must also install the kernel source RPM and configure the
kernel source.
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