If I am not mistaken, rtl8139 was based on the original Becker driver( God bless him) and 8139too was a more modern rewrite which addressed many of the glaring deficiencies of that chip.
By the way, 8139 is one of those chips subject the ethernet buffer overflow security hole, which the 8139too driver takes care of it by padding the buffer with nulls. mii is, I believe, a pci bus scan. "David Pitts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/18/2003 09:05:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Phillip Watts/austin/Nlynx) Subject: RE: [leaf-user] rtl8139.o and Bering 1.1 I have successfully been using this combination as well. ie 8139too.o and mii.o. What is preferred for rtl8139 based adaptors? David Pitts IT Services Manager Reid Library University of Western Australia Telephone: (08) 9380 3492 Fax: (08) 9380 1012 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2003 5:05 AM To: Chris Hackett Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [leaf-user] rtl8139.o and Bering 1.1 I've been using 8139too.o which I believe requires mii.o for a long time. I forget the issues. Chris Hackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/18/2003 02:05:55 PM To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Phillip Watts/austin/Nlynx) Subject: [leaf-user] rtl8139.o and Bering 1.1 Hello List! I'm trying to build a Bering 1.1 disk and am wondering if there are any known issues with the rtl8139.o and the Bering 1.1 image? I have put it in the /lib/modules and made the appropriate mods to get it to load. During the boot process, I see something like this: Loading modules rtl8139 - using /lib/modules insmod: unresolved symbol pci_drv_unregister insmod: unresolved symbol pci_drv_register I'm using the rtl8139.o in the same machine with the Eiger2Beta image, and I don't see the unresolved symbol messages with that image. Does anyone have ideas? Are these messages even important? Or can they safely be ignored? Also, after the image laods, when I log into the box, an "ip link" shows only the 'lo" interface .. no eth0 or eth1 that I can find. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd sure appreciate it. Thanks!! Chris Hackett ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
