NIC seen Ok but no driver for it

[Basie]

I have recently tried Scientific and QiLinux and they both seemed to lack the Sundance
driver I need for my D-Link DFE-550TX network PCI card. Is it just a matter of downloading and installing the driver or does it need to be compiled in the kernel. The
distros see the card but when I look in /lib/modules/kernel/drivers/net the sundance.ko
is not there.

 

[bersl2]

I'd just say to recompile the kernel. Maybe somebody has a better solution, like using some package I don't know about, so you might want to wait for other advice, but the drivers are definitely in the kernel source.

If there is a file /proc/config or /proc/config.gz, this makes everything easier. There might also be a config file in /boot, or one might come with whatever kernel source package your distro provides. If any of these exist, this should make your job much easier. Otherwise, you'll have to figure out where all the options are for all the modules you use.

You can compile the sundance driver as a module. I always compile my ethernet card drivers into the kernel, but I forget exactly why.