Problem with router usb driver...

[Christian Schult]

Hello arshad,

arshad wrote:

> i have a SpeedCom+ 4 port router,
> im trying to use the router through USB as im having prob in connecting
> through ethernet.

Did you already ask for help for that topic on this list?

> i tried to install the drivers according to the way
> mentioned in the manual.
> but i keep getting error. below i have given the instruction given in
> the manual and the error i get.
> 
> please help me to solve this problem.
> thank you very much.
> 
> Setup ADSL Router via USB Cable on Linux
> This driver supports Linux-2.4 kernel.
> Compiling the Driver
> To compile the driver simply run make in "viking" directory. This will
> create binary driver with name VKGEther.
>                     % make

> this is what i get at the first commmand
> 
> $ make
> gcc -c -O2  -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wstrict-prototypes
> -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fno-strength-reduce
> -mcpu=i486 -falign-loops=2 -falign-jumps=2 -falign-functions=2
> -I/usr/src/linux/include -I./inc  -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE  -Dlinux -DDBG=0
> -o src/CDCEther.o src/CDCEther.c
> `-mcpu=' is deprecated. Use `-mtune=' or '-march=' instead.
> src/CDCEther.c:23:24: error: linux/slab.h: No such file or directory
> src/CDCEther.c:24:24: error: linux/init.h: No such file or directory
> src/CDCEther.c:25:25: error: linux/delay.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from /usr/include/linux/socket.h:23,
>                  from /usr/include/linux/if.h:23,
>                  from /usr/include/linux/netdevice.h:28,
>                  from src/CDCEther.c:26:

Snipped the rest. Eliminate the first errors and compile again. Most of
the later errors are results of previous errors, i think.

Some header files (.h) needed to compile your sources are not found.
You can search for packages which include these header files file by
apt-file:

$ apt-file update
$ apt-file search linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-14: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-14-386: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-386/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-15: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-15/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-15-386: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-15-386/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-15-generic: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-15-generic/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-15-generic-pae: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-15-generic-pae/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-16: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-16/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-16-386: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-16-386/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic-pae: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic-pae/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-302: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-302/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-302-ec2: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-302-ec2/include/linux/slab.h
linux-headers-2.6.31-9-rt: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-9-rt/include/linux/slab.h
linux-rt-headers-2.6.31-9: /usr/src/linux-rt-headers-2.6.31-9/include/linux/slab.h
$

There are many packages including a file named linux/slab.h. Find out which
kernel version you are running and install the kernel headers belonging
to the kernel you use.

Use uname to find out the version of your running kernel:
$ uname -r
2.6.31-16-generic

So here i should install linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic, you have to
look for yourself which kernel you run.

Or with some magic just do:

$ sudo aptitude install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

But thats not all. Some of the missing files are provided by linux-libc-dev,
which you also should install.

Tip: write down which packages you installed for compiling the sources.
You can remove them savely later, these packages aren't needed for
runtime, only for development/compiling. Aptitude writes a logfile of
its actions at /var/log/aptitude.


Christian