Problem with a RTL-8139C netcard

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, [UTF-8] Sébastien GALLET wrote:

> I'm trying to install a client with a network card : RTL-8139C
> nfsroot was build using the kernel-image-2.4.18_fai1_i386.deb
> When booting the client :
>
>  > ...
>  > smc-isa.c: No ISAPnp cards found, tying standard ones...
>  > ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker at scyld.com)
>  > Last modified Nov, 1 2000 by Paul Gortmaker
>  > NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: failed to detect IRQ
>
> After that the system freeze

Is that an ISA card?
Aren't those drivers the wrong ones (smc/ne)?
Shouldn't you use 8139cp/8139too which both depend on the mii driver?

  # lspci

shows my RTL card as being:

  Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+

and

  # lsmod

shows these modules:

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
8139too                13576   1  (autoclean)
mii                     1088   0  (autoclean) [8139too]


There's something fishy out there :(


Cheers,
Cristian