Re: Onboard rtl8139 works in 2.2 kernel but not in 2.4 kernel, please help
Hi
I also have a rtl8139 card. It works perfectly well for me. I compiled
kernel 2.4.18 from unstable(which i am running) with support for the
rtl8139 card. Had no problems with getting the 8139too driver probed.
Worked first time around.
I am to a certain degree a newbee, but are you sure the subnet masks
combined with your ip is correct? Do you use a DHCP server? Can you ping
yourself via localhost(127.0.0.1) and your own ip(ex. 146.232.189.5)?
What is the output of ping? Output in dmesg relating to your card?
Regards
Tinus
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 18:07, Fraser Campbell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First off, is this the correct place to get answers on kernel/driver problems?
> Should I instead post to debian-boot, should I email the kernel maintainer,
> or should I submit a bug report?
>
> Now the problem ... I recently purchased a Gigabyte GA-8SIMLH motherboard. It
> has an onboard network card identified as a REALTEK RTL8100L LAN chip (see
> http://www.giga-byte.com/products/8simlh.htm). I installed woody using one
> of the mini-install CDs and that went fine with one exception.
>
> The 8139too module in kernel-2.2.20-idepci loads and drives this network card
> just fine. kernel-image-2.2.22 also works. In 2.2.22, 8139too.c claims to
> be driver version 0.9.18-2.2.
>
> The 8139too driver in woody's 2.4 kernels successfully loads and I can see
> eth0 (i.e. ifconfig eth0) but it simply isn't able to communicate on the
> network. kernel-image-2.4.18-686, kernel-image-2.4.20-686 (from proposed
> updates) and the 2.4 boot floppy kernel (2.4bf?) all show this problem.
> 8139too.c in 2.4.20 claims to be driver version 0.9.26.
>
> I get the message "NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out" when using the
> 2.4 kernels and no successful network communication occurs. mii-tool show a
> successfully negotiated 100baseTX-FD connection
>
> According to Donald Becker this chip has been supported for quite a while (see
> http://www.tux.org/hypermail/linux-eepro100/2001-Oct/0002.html).
>
> An interesting side note is that the kernel from Redhat 8.0 (2.4.18-14) works
> fine. The driver in Redhat's kernel claims to be version 0.9.25 but they are
> patching it. The redhat kernel has the same options selected regarding the
> 8139too (driver as a module and support for older boards is checked).
>
> Redhat's 2.4.18-14 actually seems to be more a 2.4.19 kernel since they apply
> the following patch:
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.19-rc1.bz2
>
> The above patch does modify the 8139too driver.
>
> Can anyone suggest a course of action? I have no problem with compiling my
> own kernels but since the redhat kernel works with the same options as
> Debian's kernel I'm not sure what a recompile might accomplish without
> patching.
>
> Thanks for any help!
> --
> Fraser Campbell <fraser@wehave.net> http://wehave.net/
> Brampton, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux
>
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