Install mcs7830.ko for CentOS 5

[loopx]

Hi,


Since I'm running CentOS 5, I just understood that I am running an old 2.6 kernel (with 3.x, driver seems to be available).

I have to make an USB NIC working on my new install CentOS 5.
I'm using CentOS 5 because of Intel Pentium M (centrino) lack of PEA support ... Can't run CentOS 6 (hell!).


So, I downloaded driver from Web Site of the constructor, compile it (worked) and install it (doesn't worked because the "install" script specified into Makefile is simply NOT present : thanks to the constructor ...).

So, I have a KO file that I added here : /lib/modules/2.6.18-371.6.1.el5/kernel/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.ko

Please note that I manually created the folder and copied the ko file ...


Ok, if I use "modprobe", it doesn't work ... but using "insmod" work ... but the card is still not present (eth1) ...


What must I do now ?
I am totaly lost ...


EDIT: here is kernel log :

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usbnet_init
usbcore: registered new driver MOSCHIP usb-ethernet driver
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

EDIT2: question : how can other drivers be found and not driver that I manually added ? (modprobe).
I probably forget something because the install script was not present ...

EDIT3: ok, found the "depmod" which permet now the "modprobe" to load the driver

[TrevorH]

You'd need to run some form of depmod after copying the ko file to the right place. Modprobe uses the files created by depmod, insmod doesn't.