linux/*.ver problem during compilation of hostap 0.2.1 on RH 9

[M Singh]

Hi
    I am using a custom kernel on RH 9.

    I am getting the following error in compilation of the hostap driver 
(for later use with Freeradius and xsupplicant) :

    [root at sggs hostap-driver-0.2.1]# make install_pci
Makefile:38: WARNING: No kernel PCMCIA support found and PCMCIA_PATH is 
not defined
gcc -O2 -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -Wall -g -c  -DMODVERSIONS -include 
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/include/linux/modversions.h -fomit-frame-pointer   
-c -o driver/modules/hostap_crypt_wep.o driver/modules/hostap_crypt_wep.c
In file included from <command line>:1:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/include/linux/modversions.h:4:36: 
linux/modules/53c700.ver: No such file or directory
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/include/linux/modversions.h:5:34: 
linux/modules/8390.ver:
No such file or directory
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/include/linux/modversions.h:6:40: 
linux/modules/ac97_codec.ver: No such file or directory
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/include/linux/modversions.h:7:34: 
linux/modules/ac97.ver:
No such file or directory
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/include/linux/modversions.h:8:33: 
linux/modules/aci.ver: No such file or directory

...

I have seen references to this error on RH 9 for earlier hostap versions 
with the suggestion that it was fixed in CVS :

    http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2003-May/002851.html

    This link is a year old, and I find it hard to believe that this 
would not have been fixed in the main line branch of the development. I 
am using the latest stable version - 0.2.1.

Thanks,

MS