Re: [Sheflug] rtl8139.c dropped in latest kernel?

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> Hi,
> 	I have finally decided to update my kernel to 2.4 (2.4.4, to be
> accurate). I was surprised to see that the rtl8139 driver is no longer
> in the kernel tree, but has been completely replaced by the 8139too
> driver (which is another implementation of the driver). This driver was
> said to be plagued with bugs (not that I've found any so far, but) in
> the past, but I was just curious whether the choice of 8139too over the
> rtl8139 was a bug or a feature... It is annoying to change the modutils
> scripts to reflect the change :-)

I've read in comp.os.linux.<whatever> that the new Realtek driver has 
problems with DHCP, which probably means it has problems with broadcast. 
Apparently if you copy the driver from 2.4.3 it works...I'll hunt out 
references if needed, to make sure it the right driver - this is just 
top-of-head stuff at the moment.

Chris...


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