Re: RTL8101L/BL Support

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 14:13, Donald Becker wrote:
> 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.

Yes you are right, I posted my problem on a local LUG mailing list and
somebody suggested I try boot giving the 'noapic' argument to the
kernel, and it worked. Moreover, I bought a Tulip-compat NIC and it gave
me the same problem (when booting without a 'noapic' option).
 
> >   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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