Compiling Drivers

[Mort]

fellow linux users, i have a question regarding compiling drivers.

I currently have fedora core 2 on my laptop and i have not yet got my modem working. the modem is: agere systems AC'97 LT chipset......i have read all over the place that there is no such driver for linux and they are currently trying to get something to work for it. SO....i went and bought me an external 56k modem to use instead. It is made by netcomm and has a USB connection. i will most likely need a driver and i have read things about having to compile drivers yourself......i know very little about compiling. i know a little about compilers (gcc) but not how to use them. So my question is: Can anyone of you out there offer any information about compiling drivers (i am aware that i need source code to even think about doing it)

Thanks for taking the time to read this

[shan]

usually when you need to install stuff from source, you can just load a terminal and do the following, say your driver's in /home/mine/ and the folder's name is driver1..

cd driver1
./configure
make
su
root & root password
make install

this should install it and then you should be able to go into you network config and set the phone # and user/pass you need to connect to your isp.