Re: [Solved] Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 06:44:37PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: Where do I enable experimental drivers? In the first dialog of the kernel configuration Include experimental/development drivers? or the like Nils -- Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. To be specific the Plug almost always works.--unknown source pgpbNKvoT5upB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Solved] Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
Arcady Genkin wrote: Hi, John: Where do I enable experimental drivers? __ I normally use make xconfig but its the same in make menuconfig or make config its the very first item offered on the menu along with the choice of CPU to compile to. A lot of folks do nor really READ what the screen is saying and skip these as they use a drop down menu instead of a check box. They are both VERY important. Good luck! -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173
Re: [Solved] Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
John Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where do I enable experimental drivers? __ I normally use make xconfig but its the same in make menuconfig or make config its the very first item offered on the menu along with the choice of CPU to compile to. A lot of folks do nor really READ what the screen is saying and skip these as they use a drop down menu instead of a check box. They are both VERY important. Good luck! Hmm... I notoriously read *every* option each time when I compile a new kernel. It's just that the option you are refering to seems to be ambigously frased (under Code maturity level options Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers). I never even thought it would do what it did. In any case, thanks a lot -- it did show the Realtek8139 driver in config. -- Arcady Genkin ... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate of eternal blessedness in the other world... (S. Kierkegaard)
Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
Hi, I would like to get my network card to work but unfortunally I don't know which option on kernel(2.2.10) should I use for use the desired file: /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/rtl8139.c Could someone tell me which option should I pick up ? Thanks. Best Regards, Nuno Carvalho
Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 12:56:55AM +, Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho wrote: Hi, I would like to get my network card to work but unfortunally I don't know which option on kernel(2.2.10) should I use for use the desired file: /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/rtl8139.c Could someone tell me which option should I pick up ? CONFIG_RTL8139=m It's under 'Network Device Support', 'Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)', 'RealTek 8129/8139 (not 8019/8029!) support' when using the 'make menuconfig' option, atleast. HTH, Mike [Private mail welcome, but no need to CC: me on list replies.] -- Michael Merten -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- NRA Life Member -- http://www.nra.org --- Debian GNU/Linux Fan -- http://www.debian.org --- CenLA-LUG Founder -- http://www.angelfire.com/la2/cenlalug -- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. -- U.S. Constitution, Amendment 10. (Bill of Rights) -- This signature was automatically generated with Signify v1.05. For this and other cool products, check out http://www.debian.org/.
Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 at 00:56:55 + Nuno Carvalho wrote: I would like to get my network card to work but unfortunally I don't know which option on kernel(2.2.10) should I use for use the desired file: /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/rtl8139.c Could someone tell me which option should I pick up ? Funny I just wrestled with this one yesterday. I've always (since it was available) built my kernels using make menuconfig, nowhere in the network device section could I find an option for RTL8139 and I spent a long time looking! What I did, and it worked just fine, is I configured the kernel exactly how I wanted without selecting an ethernet driver. I did, of course, select ethernet support and all the network protocols and such that I needed. Once configured (minus card) save the kernel configuration. Then in /usr/src/linux (or wherever your kernel source is stored) edit the file .config ... locate the Network Device section of the configuration and add the option CONFIG_RTL8139=m or CONFIG_RTL8139=y (depending if you want the driver to be built into the kernel or used as a module). Then follow your normal kernel build procedure, something like this: make dep ; make clean ; make zImage ; make modules ; make modules_install Make the new kernel bootable (LILO, boot disk, whatever), add rtl8139 to the file that loads your modules (/etc/modules ?) ... if you built it as a module. That's how I did it ... if you were looking for a pre-built kernel module to download from Debian then I don't know. Hope you have enough detail without me boring you ;-) Good luck! Fraser
Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 09:04:30PM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: Funny I just wrestled with this one yesterday. I've always (since it was available) built my kernels using make menuconfig, nowhere in the network device section could I find an option for RTL8139 and I spent a long time looking! Because you did not enable 'Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers' in the first section of the kernel configuration Nils -- Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. To be specific the Plug almost always works.--unknown source pgpZHyaRfdaUq.pgp Description: PGP signature
[Solved] Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 09:04:30PM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: Funny I just wrestled with this one yesterday. I've always (since it was available) built my kernels using make menuconfig, nowhere in the network device section could I find an option for RTL8139 and I spent a long time looking! Hi, Actually it's simple to get it to work. There's no need to select any option on kernel (neither select 10/100 Mbit ethernet option from kernel ...). What I did was: 1. obtain the rtl8139.o doing (the following line it's on the last line from source code) : gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c rtl8139.c `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] echo -DMODVERSIONS` 2. insert rtl8139 as module on kernel insmod rtl8139.o 3. configure all IP's, netmasks, etc and that's all ! :) It works. As it worked i didn't tried your solution. Thanks. Best regards, Nuno Carvalho
Re: [Solved] Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 09:04:30PM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: Funny I just wrestled with this one yesterday. I've always (since it was available) built my kernels using make menuconfig, nowhere in the network device section could I find an option for RTL8139 and I spent a long time looking! Hi, Fraser, I too noticed that the driver dissappeared from the kernel configuration since 2.2.x I think. However, the driver is still supplied with the kernel sources -- you just have to compile it separately. The driver is in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/rtl8139.c The compiling instructions are found in the very bottom of the source code, or you can use the instructions Nuno posted below. Actually it's simple to get it to work. There's no need to select any option on kernel (neither select 10/100 Mbit ethernet option from kernel ...). What I did was: 1. obtain the rtl8139.o doing (the following line it's on the last line from source code) : gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c rtl8139.c `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] echo -DMODVERSIONS` 2. insert rtl8139 as module on kernel insmod rtl8139.o 3. configure all IP's, netmasks, etc -- Arcady Genkin ... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate of eternal blessedness in the other world... (S. Kierkegaard)
Re: [Solved] Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
You have to enable experimental drivers when you run make menu-config then the realtek driver will show up as an available driver in the network section. -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173
Re: [Solved] Re: Getting Realtek8139 chipset network card to work
John Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You have to enable experimental drivers when you run make menu-config then the realtek driver will show up as an available driver in the network section. Hi, John: Where do I enable experimental drivers? Thanks, -- Arcady Genkin ... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate of eternal blessedness in the other world... (S. Kierkegaard)
