Re: Winbond-based generic NICs
easy ..
get a new NIC :) $20 for a ISA NE2K PnP NIC or $25 for a PCI RT8139 nic
.. check nasa's site for updated drivers and other ne2k stuff. i forgot
the link off hand if u need it search for nasa on yahoo.aphroland.org
nate
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On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> I'm doing some superhero work here, rescuing fellow students from the
> Gates of hell and introducing them to sweet, brand GNU, true freedom.
>
> Trouble is, on this one machine I can't get the NIC driver to load :(.
>
> It has a winbond chip in it, and it's supposed to be 'ne2k compatible,'
> but the ne2k-pci module won't load. I get some of the more common module
> loading errors (device is busy... etc).
>
> My question is this: does anyone know what to do about not-quite ne2000
> clones (PCI) that won't probe? the card's plug and play, and the kernel sees
> it -- a cat of /proc/pci lists the NIC loud and clear, including IRQ and
> base I/O address.
>
> Any help would be appreciated ;)
>
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