Re: Problem installing SMC 8013wc NIC
Thanks Dave.
I'll give it a try, and check out the Ethernet HOWTO, as well. Recently,
I've been trying different combinations of jumpers on the card, along
with different command line settings (in the 'Select Net Modules' step of
the installation), such as io=0x300 irq=10 etc, but no success yet.
Randy
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:45:32 -0600 Dave Thayer <dave@thayer-boyle.com>
writes:
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 12:56:59AM -0500, rh.ccm@juno.com wrote:
> > I tried this selection (RTL8139) earlier this afternoon, but it
> still
> > would not install. As you know, this network card is an old ISA
> SMC 8013
> > series card (best I can determine), circa 1994. You would think
> there
> > would be something that would work with it.
>
> This card should use the wd driver. ISA cards don't auto-probe
> especially well so you probably have to tell the kernel which IRQ
> and
> memory address to use. I have the following in
> /etc/modutils/ethernet:
>
> alias eth0 wd
> options wd io=0x280 irq=11
>
> (don't forget to run update-modules after editing files in
> /etc/modutils)
>
> The trick is finding the correct IRQ and IO addresses. Cards of
> that
> vintage typically can have either jumper configuration or an eeprom
> that is programmed with a DOS utility (this can fit on a boot
> disk),
> or both. The Linux Ethernet HOWTO has a pretty good section on the
> 8013.
>
> HTH
>
> dt
>
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