Re: RTL8101L/BL Support

On 29 Jan 2003, Gerassimo Tselentis wrote:

> I read this thread and it interests me because I have exactly the same
> problem. Only I have a Realtek 8100BL on my board (GIGABYTE GA-8SKML
> based on SiS650 chipset), not a 8101BL. Let me call the defective PC, PC
> A. I have the same symptoms when I look at logs of my DHCP server:
> DHCPDISCOVER and DHCPOFFER, but no response. I've made sure my pc is
> running 'stock', i.e. no firewall, no custom routes, just a default
> Mandrake 9 install. I've got exactly the same configuration on another
...
> rtl8139-diag.c:v2.10 9/18/2002 Donald Becker ([email protected])
> Index #1: Found a RealTek RTL8139 adapter at 0xe800.
...
>   Interrupt sources are pending.
>    Rx Complete indication.
>    Transmit OK indication.

If you see this while the interface is running, you have an IRQ problem.

>   Receiver configuration: Normal unicast and hashed multicast
>      Rx FIFO threshold 256 bytes, maximum burst 256 bytes, 32KB ring
>   Transmitter enabled with normal settings, maximum burst 256 bytes.
...
>   Interrupt sources are pending.
>    Rx Complete indication.
>    Transmit OK indication.

Yup, you have an IRQ routing problem, not a driver problem.

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