Re: kernel support to NE2000?

[Joost Kooij <joost@kooij.com>]

On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Jason Costomiris wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 crontab@ctv.es wrote:
> 
> >  Today, I was recompiled my kernel 2.0.29 (debian 1.3.1) and I don't see
> > suport for my PCI NE2000 network card.
> > 
> > I see support to ISA NE2000, but I have an PCI....where is it?
> 
> Use the ne.o module, just like you would for the ISA board.  You still
> have to specify the IRQ, base address, and so forth just like for an ISA
> board, but it does work.

Some pci ne2k's don't get recognized on bootup.  You'll have to patch the
kernel-source and recompile to get the card working. The patch can be
found here:
  http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/ne2000.html
under section: "PCI NE2000 Cards and the v2.0 Kernel"
This one is from linuxhq, against pre-2.0.31:
  http://www.linuxhq.com/patch/20-p0549.html

Greetings,


Joost





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