It might be easier if you user either menuconfig or xconfig (e.g. it's
easier to backtrack). The RealTek drivers are in the Ethernet (10 or
100Mbit) section.
Network device support
Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
RealTek 8129/8139
On Monday 19 November 2001 18:35, larry a price wrote:
> So I spent a fair part of my weekend doing the
> make config
> dance, because I could not for the life of me figure out how to
> get my ethernet card module built in to the kernel.
>
> My ethernet card(rtl8139) is supported, or at least there is a file
> in the source tree called rtl8139.c ; However; no matter what
> tortures I put config through it does not ever offer me the option of
> saying yes I want to include RealTek 8139 support in this kernel.
>
> before wandering around blindly mangling MakeFile I figured I'd ask
> here.
>
> kernel 2.2.19 (most recent in debian-stable, with ptrace bugfix etc.)
> Debian 2.2 (and yes I am doing make kpackage-clean each time I run
> make config.
>
> TIA
>
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> Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to
> serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but
> learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi)
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