Package: kernel-image-2.2.19 Version: 2.2.19-6 I was looking for info on the rtl8139 net driver module. I searched the list archives and ran across this:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot-0105/msg00687.html (quoting aph) Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 03:11:07PM -0400, David Huggins-Daines wrote: > > 1) I used the 'idepci' flavour, hoping it would have a good set of > > network drivers in its kernel so I wouldn't have to install from > > floppies. Unfortunately it lacks a driver for the rtl8139. > > These cards are so incredibly common nowadays that it might be a > > good idea to include this one. > > I guess you'd need to ask the idepci kernel-image maintainer about > this. No idea who that is, though. File a bug against kernel-image-2.2.19-idepci. The maintainer is Herbert Xu. (/quoting) I then checked the bugs list and didn't find any bug filed, so I thought I would go ahead and do it. BTW, I just installed the stable idepci flavor yesterday on an old PC at workand it was in there, so maybe it's missing from woody because of the 8139too troubles I also read about in the list archives. Referring to http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html it looks like the 8139too driver is totally bogus and potentially dangerous. Anyway, I wanted to pass on the info but now I get to my real interest. I have a MacAlly card in my OldWorld PowerPC that uses the rtl8139 driver also. It is not included in the list of drivers for the powerpc install, even in stable. I think it would be great to also include that driver in the powerpc drivers.tgz. Which leads me to what may be a related problem. I downloaded the rtl8139.c, pci-scan.c, kern_compat.h, and pci-scan.h files from the Scyld website I mentioned above, to try to compile it myself. I tried both gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c rtl8139.c (from the compile statement at the bottom of the source) and gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -O6 -c rtl8139.c (from the web page) but they both failed with the same error: File Missing: linux/modversions.h I looked for the file myself, and sure enough it wasn't on my system. What am I missing? -- Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
