You are NOT struggling with "the Desktop" here. Rather, you are trying to do embedded systems development without being familiar with the development environment, in the same way that I might were I trying do do this same task on a Microsoft platform.

Simple: Visit The Linux Foundation site and click on the Training tab. RedHat also has a solid curriculum of their own, as do some other Linux vendors.

Wow.. so I just now downloaded the "driver" (not really a "driver", by the way) package from http://home.eeti.com.tw/LinuxDriverDownload.html to have a look.

It's HORRID!! The instructions given are incredibly complex for something so simple. Like they were translated from one language to another, to a third, and finally to English.

And even allowing for Lost In Translation effects, they're just so bizarre in what they want one to do. This isn't Linux, this is just a company with clueless developers or doc writers.

I don't see why they have you reconfiguring the kernel in the first place, since their package doesn't actually include a kernel driver or code -- it appears to just use stuff that is already built-into your kernel.

My sympathies to you.. Good Luck!