building/installing modem driver

[Feanor]

PIII 667MHz, RedHat8.0

I've got two files that are apparently drivers for my usb modem. Both are *.tar.gz (tarballs?) which i've decompressed. Both have readme's which are identical in content - one called 'readme_i386', the other 'readme_i686' which refer to the tarballs already mentioned. I have two questions.

1. Which of these should I install, i386,i686, both?

2. I need to modify the makefile to point to /linux/include but when I look for that directory there are two directories that contain that target directory: one called '2.4' and the other 2.4.18 or something like that (presumably they refer to the kernel version?). Which should I use to set the 'linux/include' directory?

Thanks in advance for your time and consideration.

[mdwatts]

The i686 would be the correct one though you can use either one.

uname -r (commandline) will tell you the kernel version.

You will need to install the Redhat kernel source if not already installed in /usr/src/linux.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/ch-custom-kernel.html will help to explain the Redhat kernel.

[Feanor]

Thanks for the very helpful advice, mdwatts. :) I did a custom install and installed just about everything that looked like it might be useful. But after reading the manual page you suggested i've been able to confirm that I have the RedHat kernel source installed. Also uname -r tells me i'm using 2.4.18 (? sorry can't remember exact number but it's the latest) so I will install the i686 to the 'include' directory there.

Thanks again for your help. :D