Re: Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

[Andrew McGuinness <andrew@arobeia.co.uk>]

Agung Suyono wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm a new Debian user.  I got a problem on istallation.  My network 
> device, Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, was not detected. 
> When I tried to configure it using "Configure Device Driver Module" 
> during installation process, it asked me to enter a command line 
> argument.  The installation manual says that I have to consult with the 
> documentation for that kernel driver.  Anybody knows where I can find 
> that kernel driver documentation?  When I didn't enter anything, the 
> installation failed. 
> Thanks for your help.
> Best Regard,
>
> Agung S
For what it's worth the documentation is in the kernel source.  You can 
see it in
http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt?v=2.2.20
if you don't have the kernel source installed.

I don't think it will help much.  In my experience, PCI cards don't need 
that kind of thing (module parameters for irqs etc.).  I also recommend 
you try the 2.4 boot floppies.

This is about the third person in a couple of days having problems with 
RTL8139-based cards -- I wonder if the Scyld drivers are better than the 
vanilla kernel ones, and If so if it's worth making a custom boot kernel 
that uses those?

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