* [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver
@ 2001-02-01 20:46 rick philbrick
2001-02-01 21:03 ` drobbins
2001-02-01 21:50 ` Achim Gottinger
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From: rick philbrick @ 2001-02-01 20:46 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver
2001-02-01 20:46 [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver rick philbrick
@ 2001-02-01 21:03 ` drobbins
2001-02-01 21:50 ` Achim Gottinger
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From: drobbins @ 2001-02-01 21:03 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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>
President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver
2001-02-01 20:46 [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver rick philbrick
2001-02-01 21:03 ` drobbins
@ 2001-02-01 21:50 ` Achim Gottinger
2001-02-01 22:19 ` drobbins
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Achim Gottinger @ 2001-02-01 21:50 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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
Hmm in 2.4.0-ac11 there are both rtl8139 and 8139too
achim~
>
>
> 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
>
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver
2001-02-01 21:50 ` Achim Gottinger
@ 2001-02-01 22:19 ` drobbins
2001-02-01 22:50 ` Achim Gottinger
2001-02-01 23:31 ` rick philbrick
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From: drobbins @ 2001-02-01 22:19 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 05:21:47AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote:
> Hmm in 2.4.0-ac11 there are both rtl8139 and 8139too
>
> achim~
I think you are seeing the "rtl8129", not the "rtl8139".
It appears as if 8139too is the only realtek 8139 driver
in there.
--
Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver
2001-02-01 22:19 ` drobbins
@ 2001-02-01 22:50 ` Achim Gottinger
2001-02-01 23:31 ` rick philbrick
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Achim Gottinger @ 2001-02-01 22:50 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
drobbins@gentoo.org wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 05:21:47AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote:
>
> > Hmm in 2.4.0-ac11 there are both rtl8139 and 8139too
> >
> > achim~
>
> I think you are seeing the "rtl8129", not the "rtl8139".
> It appears as if 8139too is the only realtek 8139 driver
> in there.
>
Uhh, thats true it is 8139. I installed rc4_pre2 on a machine with the
8139too driver by adding
8139too to 7etc/rc.d/config/modules. And everything worked out of the
box.
achim~
>
> --
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> Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
>
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver
2001-02-01 22:19 ` drobbins
2001-02-01 22:50 ` Achim Gottinger
@ 2001-02-01 23:31 ` rick philbrick
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From: rick philbrick @ 2001-02-01 23:31 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
I saw that one too. But the driver I did the cp on
was, in fact, the rtl8139too.o
RIckp
--- drobbins@gentoo.org wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 05:21:47AM +0100, Achim
> Gottinger wrote:
>
> > Hmm in 2.4.0-ac11 there are both rtl8139 and
> 8139too
> >
> > achim~
>
> I think you are seeing the "rtl8129", not the
> "rtl8139".
> It appears as if 8139too is the only realtek 8139
> driver
> in there.
>
> --
> Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
> President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org
> Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
>
> _______________________________________________
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> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
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