FWIW, I've always used ne2k-pci for this card, and haven't upgraded to 2.2. Using the old drivers for an old kernel doesn't seem necessary to me, but I guess wtopa's mileage varied.
Give ne2k-pci a go first... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Subject: RealTek 8029 PCI pnp Ethernet card > Date: Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 11:56:07AM -0600 > > In reply to:David Webster > > Quoting David Webster([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Any guesses as to what driver to use for this card since it is not > > directly supported? > > > > I see that someone suggested the NE2000. I used that in 2.0.36 and it worked > but there was a suggestion in kernel 2.2.1 to use the _new_ pci > driver. I did and it reports it like this: > > ne2k-pci.c:v0.99L 2/7/98 D. Becker/P. Gortmaker > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ne2k-pci.html > ne2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'RealTek RTL-8029' at I/O 0x6200, IRQ 9. > eth0: PCI NE2000 found at 0x6200, IRQ 9, 00:40:05:3D:34:51. > > So for the 2.2.1 kernels its ne2k-pci and for the 2.0.36 its NE2000. > BTW, in the config the PCI choice is below the ne200 & called ne2k. > > HTH > > -- > "You can't make a program without broken egos." > _______________________________________________________ > Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Joel Gluth <joel-at-n-space-dot-com-dot-au> Software Engineer, N-Space Adelaide. http://www.n-space.com.au "I think we have an internal project underway on that; I don't know who's doing it... oh, maybe it's me. Yep." AB, Technical Director
