[Bug 76346] Re: Update to Forcedeth 0.56 required

[WillyTP]

I've been able to update to the latest forcedeth 0.60 in the following
way I'm going to describe.

Before all:
-I'm using kernel 2.6.15-27-amd64-k8, so change version numbers accordingly to yours;

1)Download latest nvidia nforce package
2)For Dapper, I suggest you using forcedeth.c file contained under Fedora5 folder of the downloaded package
3)Install build-essential plus linux-headers-2.6.15-27-amd64-k8
4)Copy forcedeth.c into some folder, e.g. /home/willytp/forcedeth
5)Into this folder, make a file called "Makefile" containing the following line:
obj-m := forcedeth.o
6)Into this folder, execute the following command:
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-27-amd64-k8/ SUBDIRS=$PWD modules
7)Copy the just created forcedeth.ko module into
/lib/modules/2.6.15-27-amd64-k8/kernel/drivers/net/
overwriting the old one
8)Execute this command: sudo depmod -a
9)Make a new initrd image: go into /boot/ folder, locate your initrd image, save it name, delete the file, and execute the following command:
mkinitramfs -o initrd.img-2.6.15-27-amd64-k8
10)Cross fingers and reboot ;)

Hoping to help someone, I've attached a file here, containing the
appropriate forcedeth.c, the Makefile, a little script to build and the
binary file which will work *only* for 2.6.15-27-amd64-k8 kernel.

** Attachment added: "forcedeth.c makefile, build script and binary module."
   http://librarian.launchpad.net/5620323/forcedeth_0.60.tar.bz

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Update to Forcedeth 0.56 required
https://launchpad.net/bugs/76346