According to Jack Barnett R: While burning my CPU.
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> > use boot/root disks to boot...and check the messages... may have to do
> > insmod <device> .. deep
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> > On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Shane McKeown wrote:
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> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I have just installed a new Ethernet card (NE2000)
> > > Do I have to install drivers in Linux for it
> > > or how do I get Linux to recognise it?
> > > I am running RH5.1
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help
> > > Shane
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> I just did this yesterday, the only wayI got it to work was to recompile
> the kernel. The only thing that you should watch out for is there is a
> ISA options and a PCI options, make sure you get the right one for your
> card. It first ask if you have a ne2000 card, I answered no to this, then
> it asks if there is 'other isa ne2000 card' answer yes since the card was
> ISA.
There is support for ne2000 cards with "every" distribution, if the
distribution is installed correctly then there is ne2000 support all
distribution kernels are modularised, which means they support just about
all hardware possable.
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> That's about it, you can compile directly into the kernel or make use it
> as a modules, probably the easiest is to compile it directly into the
> kernel it's self. This is with the 2.0.3X kernels, I haven't tried it
> with the newer kenrel(s).
I advise stronly against compiling any driver in the kernel, if you wish to
use the card with an address outside of the normal ranges then it wont work,
you have to define the i/o port address and the irq in the kernel source
before making a new kernel, something which a newbie would be afriad of.
As a module you use 'modprobe' to define its i/o and irq.
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> The ethernet howto has about a page of information about know problems and
> work arounds with NE2000 clones.
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> If you haven't recompiled the kernel before it would probably be best to
> read the kernel howto also.
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> On second though, I don't know if recompileing the kernel is the best
> solution to this problem. You might be able to get it to work with a
> module, try a depmod ne.o
That will not help at all, 'depmod' is for creating the dependancies file,
'modprobe' is what you mean.
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> I think you also need to put io address as a parameter for that command,
> check out the module howto for further information.
>
> I'm way from my books so this information my be a little diluted, if not
> flat out wrong. I dislike telling people to recompile there kernel since
> it takes awhile and probably not the best solution, but that is the only
> way that i could get it to work.
>
A gentelman and a scholler, not recomending a recompile.
It should have worked without recompiling, perhaps you choose not to install
the modules when you installed linux.?????
Win95/98 has one advantage over a linux install, it installs everything, so
you always have a complete system, and will work with all hardware because
all the drivers are installed, now linux gives us the choise, of course if
we say no at install time we then forget that they could be installed at a
later date, once again getting rid of the need to recompile.
Just as a small exercise take a look into /lib/modules/2.x.x/net for
instance slackware 3.4 installs the following at installation time.
3c501.o at1700.o eepro.o ne.o smc9194.o
3c503.o bsd_comp.o eexpress.o new_tunnel.o strip.o
3c505.o de4x5.o eql.o ni52.o tulip.o
3c507.o de600.o eth16i.o ni65.o wavelan.o
3c509.o de620.o ewrk3.o plip.o wd.o
3c59x.o depca.o fmv18x.o ppp.o wic.o
8390.o dgrs.o hp-plus.o sdla.o
ac3200.o dlci.o hp.o slhc.o
apricot.o dummy.o hp100.o slip.o
arcnet.o e2100.o ibmtr.o smc-ultra.o
Admititly there not all ethernet drivers, but the majority are.
I remember replying to 2 or was it 3 different requests for help with new
ethernet cards, all of which i see "standardly installed support" for.
I just checked on a redhat-4.2 and 5.0 machine they both have ne2000 support
install from the standard install procedure.
ne2000 = ne.o
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