Re: [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver

[<drobbins@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 07:46:19PM -0800, rick philbrick wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In trying to get the rtl8139 to work on previous
> versions of gentoo I came across a problem due to the
> driver being mislabeled. I brought it up then but it
> is still there....in original condition.
> 
> Its wrong (my guess) in two places. 
> First in /lib/modules..../drivers/net/rtl8139too.o
> To resolve this I did a cp rtl8139too.o rtl8139.o
> 
> And then in the modules.dep file 
> To resolve that I had to add the path to rtl8139.o
> 
> 
> One of the NICs this driver supports is the DFE-530+TX
> by DLink. Yes I realize that it is widely thought of
> as a POS but its also very cheap. I am cheap so it
> suits me fine. I have had lots of luck with it.
> 
> Hoping it gets fixed
> RIckp

It was intentionally labeled this way by its author, Jeff Garzik
<jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>.  There are special instructions
(/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/8139too.txt) on how to enable it.
It's strange that it isn't enabled by default, since there's no other rtl8139
driver in the kernel.

Do me a favor; email Jeff and let him know that the driver works well for you
and ask him about why it's not enabled in the kernel by default, since there
appears to be no other rtl8139 driver available.  In the meantime, I'll patch
our most recent kernel ebuilds to enable it automatically.  Let me know what
he says.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc.