Re: Realtek rtl8139 nic and 2.4.20 kernel
Incoming from Charles Muller:
> 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
> >
> > 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?).
Ummm, what? What seems to indicate they are not using the same IRQ?
The fact that they're both recognized? I believe this says nothing
other than they're both there; it's up to you to say what to do with
what was found.
Barring *really* strange circumstances, 2.4.x _should_ be able to
handle anything you throw at it. 2.6.x is way too young for a newbie
to start slavering after.
cat /proc/ioports
" " interrupts
lsmod
grep $blah /var/log/messages
[Hey Chuck! Que pasa?]
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