RealTek 8019, err, thos are commonly used on PIC NE2000 NICS. Specifically
teh SureCOM Cards, PCI NE2000 are just WRONG!There's much better designs
out there for cheaper and give you so much more reliabilit
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Marco Fioretti wrote:
> I have finally found some more documentation and also a linux driver
> for the Ethernet Card I have (REALTEK 8019). I decided to try to
> recompile the kernel, with that specific driver, and just trade back
> the card for a better one if it still doesn't work.
>
> I didn't do it before because the vendor ensured me it was a fully NE2K
> compatible thing, which is not the case. My fault... :-(
>
> I have 3 questions at this point:
>
> 1) The driver provided by the manifacturer is for linux 1.2.13. Whould
> it work
> in Mandrake 6.1? (tgz file attached)
>
> 2) Where do I find all the choices made in compiling the current kernel,
> so I don't screw up anything else (/usr/src/linux/.config??)
>
> 3) In case it doesn't work, which (unexpensive) eternet cards do you
> recommend?
>
> Thanks once more to anybody who helped me to learn a lot!
>
> Marco
