> 1. I am reading te list so there is no need to send me a private mail > too. > 2. Please start to write at the beginning of a line. Your mails are > very hard to read.
I aologize. > > Ok, sure there is a driver in the kernel-tree but you should under all > circumstances try to compile the driver as a module because you can > load and unload it this way and not have to reboot every time you try > to set up your network. > > > And it seemed that kernel can detect my card. > > > > $cat /proc/pci > > That does not mean, that the kernel detects your card but the the > PCI-system does. > What do your logfiles report while booting? via-rhine.c:v1.01 2/27/99 Writen by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html > What type of card do you have and what driver did you select? I use Dlink dfe 530 TX version B. I select via-rhine for my driver. > > > Is that possible this driver didn't support built-in > option. I can > > use this driver when I > > use it as a module. I will work fine. But when I > compile it as a > > built-in driver, I want > > to know what should I do to make it work. I tried to use > > /etc/network/interfaces and > > ifup and still didn't work. Please help me. Thanks. > > It's really simple and very well described in the Ethernet-HOWTO. > You compile the module. Yes, make it a module and not what you refer > to as a "built in"-driver. > Then you can load it. Check /var/log/messages or syslog to see if > everything was ok. Then you can start to set it up with ifup or add > the correct entrys to /etc/network/interfaces. > Phil Now I use via-rhine as a module, but when I insmod it. It appeared some messages. /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/via-rhine.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: this error an be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. It is a little strange. As I remembered, via-rhine did not require any parameters. Thanks Gilbert
