Re: RealTek 8029 PCI pnp Ethernet card
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 wtopa@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> Subject: RealTek 8029 PCI pnp Ethernet card
> Date: Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 11:56:07AM -0600
>
> In reply to:David Webster
>
> Quoting David Webster(dwebster@bhmi.com):
> >
> > Any guesses as to what driver to use for this card since it is not
> > directly supported?
> >
>
> I see that someone suggested the NE2000. I used that in 2.0.36 and it worked
> but there was a suggestion in kernel 2.2.1 to use the _new_ pci
> driver. I did and it reports it like this:
>
> ne2k-pci.c:v0.99L 2/7/98 D. Becker/P. Gortmaker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ne2k-pci.html
> ne2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'RealTek RTL-8029' at I/O 0x6200, IRQ 9.
> eth0: PCI NE2000 found at 0x6200, IRQ 9, 00:40:05:3D:34:51.
>
> So for the 2.2.1 kernels its ne2k-pci and for the 2.0.36 its NE2000.
> BTW, in the config the PCI choice is below the ne200 & called ne2k.
The ne2k-pci.c driver is in both 2.2.1 and 2.0.36.
Bob
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