"Steven J. Yellin" wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, # sriram # wrote:
> 
> >
> > hi...
> >
> > my 2.4.2-2 kernel recognizes the DLINK ethernet card but when i
> > upgraded my kernel to 2.4.9 it says eth0 .. delayed and failed...
> >
> > my card is DLINK DFE 538 TX...
> >
> > what should i do from here
> 
>    I notice that in /usr/src/<kernel type>/drivers/net there's a file
> 8139too.c which has mention of DFE538TX.  If that's the correct module,
> you might get the card working if you added in /etc/modules.conf the line
> "alias eth0 8139too", used mkinitrd to make an initial ramdisk image in
> /boot, put the initrd=... line in /etc/lilo.conf, and ran lilo. Or you
> could compile the kernel with the 8139too included. But it should be
> obvious from the above that I've never used a DLINK card, and may well be
> wrong about what would work.

I use this card in one of my linux boxes and the 8139too is indeed the
right
modules to use.

jb



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