Very informative. Thanks.
Richard Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/19/2003 02:37:49 PM
To: Phillip Watts/austin/Nlynx@Nlynx
cc: David Pitts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [leaf-user] rtl8139.o and Bering 1.1
See http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html. Becker goes into a bit of
a rant about the 8139too driver.
-Richard
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 06:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
>
>
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>
>
> "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
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2003 5:05 AM
> To: Chris Hackett
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> Subject: Re: [leaf-user] rtl8139.o and Bering 1.1
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>
>
> I've been using 8139too.o which I believe requires mii.o
> for a long time.
> I forget the issues.
>
>
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>
>
> 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
>
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