Re: Problem with a RTL-8139C netcard

[S�bastien GALLET]

Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:

On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, [UTF-8] Sébastien GALLET wrote:

I'm trying to install a client with a network card : RTL-8139C
nfsroot was build using the kernel-image-2.4.18_fai1_i386.deb
When booting the client :

> ...
> smc-isa.c: No ISAPnp cards found, tying standard ones...
> ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Last modified Nov, 1 2000 by Paul Gortmaker
> NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: failed to detect IRQ

After that the system freeze

Is that an ISA card?

No it's a pci one

Aren't those drivers the wrong ones (smc/ne)?

This is because during installation all the drivers are automatically loaded
But here the ne module is loaded before the 8139too :(

Shouldn't you use 8139cp/8139too which both depend on the mii driver?

Yes i must use the 8139too

# lspci

shows my RTL card as being:

Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+

and

# lsmod

shows these modules:

Module Size Used by Not tainted
8139too 13576 1 (autoclean)
mii 1088 0 (autoclean) [8139too]


There's something fishy out there :(


Cheers,
Cristian