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

[Richard Ibbotson <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

Dear All

> 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.

This is probably of no use to anyone but there's a longish thread 
going on the SuSE list just now about just this kind of thing.......

>I suppose you installed the 2.4 kernel, right?
>The name for the Realtek NIC module has changed in the kernel series
>2.4. Edit your /etc/modules.conf and change the line
>alias eth0 rtl8139
>to read:
>alias eth0 8139too
>Then run:
>depmod -a
>and then: 
>modprobe 8139too
>"ifconfig eth0" should be working now.

So, not much help but at least I tried :) I've spent about six weeks 
trying to get someone to understand that there's a problem with 
networking 2.4 kernels and all I got back so far was a pile of 
comments that suggested that I knew nothing about network cards or 
computers.

Thanks

-- 
Richard
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