How to compile a network driver given source code

[Glen Barber]

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Amer Alhabsi <amer.alhabsi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Benq Joybook R43 notebook. It has network interface based on SiS 191.
>> However, I can't configure it as it does not show up in ifconfig nor in
>> sysinstall/configure/networking/interfaces. Dmesg says: No Driver Attached.
>>
>> After some search I found that someone has written a driver but it
>> hasn't been put int the official FreeBSD release. I want to try my
>> luck with the driver. My question is where to place the source code
>> files? and how to compile it (I assume it can be part of a kernel
>> rebuild if placed in the right directory)
>>
>> The source code for the driver consists of the 3 files: if_sis19x.c,
>> if_sis19xreg.h and Makefile.
>>
>
> Edit the Makefile to match the standard installation directories that
> FreeBSD uses (/usr/local), and use `make'.  Depending on what the
> drivers needs are, you may have to edit more.
>

Erm... I must've had a synaptic misfire.  Not /usr/local, but /boot/modules.


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Glen Barber