Re: rtl8139
Donald Becker <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.drivers.realtek.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, VEGETA2000 wrote: > Hi, I got a local network with just two machines, one of which has a > Realtek 8029 and the other one has a Realtek 8139. > I installed Debian 2.2 (kernel 2.2) on both computers, and when asked > about the net modules i used the dummy one for the 8029 and the > rtl8139 for the 8139. The rtl8139 driver is the correct one. > Soon afterwards I modified the /etc/modules in > the computer with the 8029 and erased "dummy" and wrote "ne2k-pci", Yes, ne2k-pci is the correct driver for the '8029. > cuz i was told that was the right module, and it looked as if it was > cuz it now says on the boot it finds a Realtek 8029. Good. >The problem is on the other machine. It has never worked. Which machine? > My problem is that when it > configures the network on the boot, the light on the ethernet card > automatically disappears while in the 8029 stands on. Try the rtl8139 driver v1.19 or later -- it now preserves the LED settings. The functionality isn't changed, just what the LED outputs mean. -- Donald Becker [email protected] Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993