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From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 21:49:27
Message-Id: 3A7A35DB.FAFECE78@gottinger.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] rtl8139 DLink 530+TX NIC and driver by rick philbrick
1 rick philbrick wrote:
2
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > In trying to get the rtl8139 to work on previous
6 > versions of gentoo I came across a problem due to the
7 > driver being mislabeled. I brought it up then but it
8 > is still there....in original condition.
9 >
10 > Its wrong (my guess) in two places.
11 > First in /lib/modules..../drivers/net/rtl8139too.o
12 > To resolve this I did a cp rtl8139too.o rtl8139.o
13
14 Hmm in 2.4.0-ac11 there are both rtl8139 and 8139too
15
16 achim~
17
18 >
19 >
20 > And then in the modules.dep file
21 > To resolve that I had to add the path to rtl8139.o
22 >
23 > One of the NICs this driver supports is the DFE-530+TX
24 > by DLink. Yes I realize that it is widely thought of
25 > as a POS but its also very cheap. I am cheap so it
26 > suits me fine. I have had lots of luck with it.
27 >
28 > Hoping it gets fixed
29 > RIckp
30 >
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