zentara wrote:
>
> S.Toms wrote:
> >
> > Some of the ne2000 cards may work compiled directly into the kernel,
> > but I havn't come across any of them yet.
>
> I have a Realtek8029 (pci) and a Realtek8019(isa) ; both are NE2000
> cards. They are on different machines, and both are built into the
> kernel. They both need to be declared in conf.modules to get them
> to work.
> I guess it depends on what you mean by "built into the kernel".
> I have the ethernet NE2000 support for the cards built with
> an "*" , rather than "M" in make menuconfig.
>
yes. * means in my terms "direct into the kernel" and
M means as a module.
I was very annoyed when I had an ftp install from the boot disk with my
ne2000 clone and couldn�t use it after my setup was complete. My
workaround was to compile it into the kernel (*). Later I learned about
conf.modules. That�s why I switched to modules
Juergen
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