Re: Realtek rtl8139 nic and 2.4.20 kernel
Wayne Topa wrote:
> Charles Muller(acmuller@gol.com) is reported to have said:
> > I upgraded my 2.2* Woody kernel to 2.4.20 to get support for my external
> > USB drive. I succeeded, but in the process lost my network connection
> > via my rtl8139 nic. The driver (8139too) was compiled, but it won't
> > connect.
>
> Had the same problem until I ras lspci and noticed the USB controller
> was using the same IRQ as my NIC. Changing IRQ's fixed it.
When I run lspci I get this:
bash-2.05a$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0650 (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5591/5592 AGP
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513 (rev 04)
00:02.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] OHCI Compliant FireWire Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 7013 (rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 7002
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)
00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 1410
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 6325
bash-2.05a$
...which seems to indicate that they are not using the same IRQ
(right?).
Should I try to install a different kernel?
Chuck
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Charles Muller
Faculty of Humanities
Toyo Gakuen University
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Chiba 270-0161
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