Problem with a RTL-8139C netcard

[Sébastien GALLET]

Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:

>On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, [UTF-8] Sébastien GALLET wrote:
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>>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 :
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>> > ...
>> > 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
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>>After that the system freeze
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>Is that an ISA card?
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No it's a pci one

>Aren't those drivers the wrong ones (smc/ne)?
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This is because during installation all the drivers are automatically 
loaded
But here the ne module is loaded before the 8139too :(

>Shouldn't you use 8139cp/8139too which both depend on the mii driver?
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Yes i must use the 8139too

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>  # lspci
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>shows my RTL card as being:
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>  Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
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>and
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>  # lsmod
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>shows these modules:
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>Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
>8139too                13576   1  (autoclean)
>mii                     1088   0  (autoclean) [8139too]
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>There's something fishy out there :(
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>Cheers,
>Cristian
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