Re: rtl8139 vs. 8139 too
On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 12:09, Jonathan Matthews wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 05:56:57PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to know which of these drivers works better for people in
> > kernel 2.2.x.
> >
> > Reason: one of them may be enabled as the default driver in the next
> > woody installation system (boot floppies).
>
> Well, on the same box, with both compiled as modules, having "alias eth0 rtl8139" in /etc/modules.conf works fine, but then changing that to 8139too crashes the box at "ifup -a" time. This is with 2.2.20 straight from uk.kernel.org.
>
> Incidentally, if anyone's got any suggestions, please shout out - it's doing my head in!
>
> So, at the moment, I'd vote for rtl8139. A lot of literature/lists mention its braindead behaviour, tho, so it may not be the best idea for debian as a whole - but just for me ... :)
I've two Woody boxes both using 8139too and with identical NICs. IIRC,
the workstation (2.4.13 kernel) is equally happy with rtl8139, but the
server (an older machine and running 2.2.18pre) fails to bring up the
interface with that driver.
--
Geoff Beaumont
Geoff@stormhammer.com
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