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Re: Question about PCI IDs and Drivers



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Like I asked before:

    What's in your /etc/network/interfaces file?

Eduardo wrote:
> I tried first with 8139cp and ran :
> 
> du:~# modprobe 8139cp
> du:~# ifconfig eth1 10.0.0.221 255.255.255.0 up
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> 
> 
> Doesn't work. Now with 8139too:
> 
> du:~# ifconfig eth1 10.0.0.221 255.255.255.0 up
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> 
> 
> Nothing!!! Does anybody knows how can I put this NIC to work?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/19/06, Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 13:14:42 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> > Eduardo wrote:
>> > > I have a new Network Card, and I found the VENDOR ID and the
>> DEVICE ID.
>> > > I found it in "lspci -nv" and later looking for the given number in
>> > > /var/libs/pciutils/pci.ids, but now, how do I know which driver to
>> > > use? And if Debian has it compiled?
>> > >
>> > > The card is (listed with pci.ids) :
>> > >
>> > > 1904  Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
>> > >        8139  RTL8139D [Realtek] PCI 10/100BaseTX ethernet adaptor
>> > >
>> > > Now, the output of lspci -v :
>> > >
>> > > 0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics
>> Co.,
>> > > Ltd. RTL8139D [Realtek] PCI 10/100BaseTX ethernet adaptor (rev 01)
>> > >        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>> > >        Memory at cfff7f00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>> > >        I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
>> > >        Expansion ROM at cffa0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>> > >        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>> > >        Capabilities: [60] Vital Product Data
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I think is the Driver 8139too, but when I modprobe it, my Network
>> > > Cards still doesnt work.
>> > >
>> > > If I do "ifconfig eth1 10.0.0.221 255.255.255.0 up" it says No
>> Such Device.
>> >
>> > 8139too would also be my guess.
>> >
>> > What's in your /etc/network/interfaces file?
>>
>> There is also 8139cp which according to the comments in the source file
>> supports "8139C+" cards/chipsets from Realtek. I don't know if that
>> includes 8139D, but it might be worth a try.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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