Bug#275630: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686: Does not recognize RTL8139 ethernet controller

[Greg Kochanski <gpk@kochanski.org>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686
Version: 2.6.8-3
Severity: normal

The Debian 2.6 kernel does not recognize
an ethernet controller that the 2.4.27 kernel does.
It's a common, cheap card, and not too old,
so it would make sense to support it.

(Below is from /proc/pci on 2.4):
  Bus  2, device  10, function  0:
      Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 16).
	IRQ 11.
	Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
	I/O at 0xd800 [0xd8ff].
	Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeafec00 [0xfeafecff].

Fgreps of syslog reveal no recognition of the card:

# fgrep 8139 /var/log/syslog
# fgrep eth1 /var/log/syslog
#

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  fileutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU file management utilities 
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.74     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-pre5-7 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

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