I don't know why xconfig didn't allow you include the 8139too.o
driver, which in 2.2 kernels was, I think, called rtl8139too.o.
Here's what help for the RealTek RTL-8138 says (from
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
RealTek RTL-8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support
CONFIG_8139TOO
This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
the RTL8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read
Documentation/networking/8139too.txt as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO,
available from <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>.
If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. This is recommended.
The module will be called 8139too.o.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
You shouldn't expect the DLINK to work unless /usr/src/linux/.configure
has a line "CONFIG-8139TOO=m" or "CONFIG-8139too=y". Instead of starting
from scratch with "make xconfig", it might work to copy
/usr/src/linux/configs/<one of the files> into /usr/src/linux/.config and
use "make oldconfig".
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, # sriram # wrote:
> hi...
> well i read my /etc/modules.conf and it does contain the line alias eth0 ....
>
> the problem is while upgrading my kernel .. my xconfig does not show up dlink
>
> ... i do not have an entry for dlink range of cards ..i made a futile
> effort searching the entire list for any matching sequence of the
> number...
>
> assuming that modifying the modules.conf will come in handy after
> installation...i rebooted the machine and then i got the same old
> error...eth0 failure...
>
>
> Something intresting to be noted here is this...when i installed 7.1
> it did not detect my card .... i had to manually run netconfig
> afterwards... i tried to play the same trick here(with the new kernel)
> .....no avail
>
>
> words of wisdom please...
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Steven J. Yellin wrote:
>
> !Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:49:09 -0700 (PDT)
> !From: Steven J. Yellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> !Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> !To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> !Subject: Re: DLINK
> !
> !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.
> !
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