Re: packet driver

[Rudhuwan Abu Bakar <duan@mimos.my>]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Klaus Espenlaub wrote:

Thanks Klaus

I am using the latest etherboot..I got this error with the rtl8139c:

No PCI adapter found.

When I test it with the other NIC with rtl8139, it works.

That's why the NIC with rtl8139c has different linux driver. I can give
you the source code if you want to see it..It was written by Donald
Becker.

> 
> For which Linux version?  I know the Linux rtl8129 driver (which handles all
> cards up to RTL8139B, but the fix for RTL8139C would be trivial) and the
> 8139too driver, which handles all cards.  So which one are you using under
> Linux?  The chips are nearly identical, so I don't think Etherboot should have
> separate drivers for them.
> 
> And to put things straight - Etherboot doesn't use Linux drivers.  And the
> fact that there are several drivers for chip variants usually indicates that
> the old author didn't bother updating the driver for too long and someone
> else is taking over.
> 
> The Etherboot RTL8139 driver is derived from the Linux driver, which doesn't
> necessarily mean that the bugs are the same.  It only shares _some_ code and
> the basic style, nothing else.
> 
> As I said - the Etherboot RTL8139 driver should handle all chip variants.
> If not, send me a bug report (preferably including the messages printed by
> Etherboot).  Have you tried a recent 4.6.x version?
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