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Re: D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet card 10/100MBs - supported?



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On 08/03/07 15:49, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>> On 08/03/07 05:37, Csányi Pál wrote:
>>>>> Is the D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet card 10/100MBs 
>>>>> supported by Debian GNU/Linux Etch?
> 
> Yes.  Out of the box with the 8139too driver.  This will be discovered
> and configured automatically.
> 
>>> I find a Forum on the LinuxQuestions.org [1],
>>> and there find that that for this ethernet card the proper driver is
>>> via-rhine.
>>> [1] http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=374449
>> Google is your friend.
> 
> But it has led you astray this time.  New DFE-530TX+ cards have the
> RealTek 8139 chip and use the 8139too driver by default.  The
> via-rhine chips I have not seen in a D-Link DFE-530TX in many years
> and I think are very rare now.

Rather that OP misled up (and possibly himself).

The 3rd Google result for /linux 2.6 "DFE-530TX+" driver/ says that
it's 8139 or via-rhine depending on the card revision.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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