Re: [LUG] Realtek RTL8139 10/100 PCI Ethernet Module Compile Prob's

[Kelly Jones <kj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am using a 2.4 kernel so i assumed i only had to compile the module


On Tuesday 24 July 2001 14:06, you wrote:
> Kelly Jones wrote:
> > I hope someone can help, i am not familar with compiling from source and
> > i have a Ethernet card (see subject line) which has the necessary Kernel
> > module included in Source code "rtl8139.c"
>
> Hi Kelly,
>
> I use the RTL8139 card as a module - the base card was a
> 10Mbps card not 10/100 AFAIK, but the driver may work with
> other/newer cards.
>
> Typically you would build the module from source as part of
> the kernel build.
>
> So a "make xconfig" in /usr/src/linux, should give you a
> nice GUI interface. I think at 2.2.x this is an experimental
> module, so if you find you can't select it, try enabling
> experimental code.
>
> If all else fails (?!) vi /usr/src/linux/.config and check
> the following line exists and is uncommented.
>
> CONFIG_RTL8139=m
>
> Then you just make the kernel (and/or) modules as normal.
> make dep
> make modules
> make modules-install
> make bzImage (if required), and copy System.map and bzImage
> as required.
>
> 2.4 kernels are slightly different.
>
> If you haven't got all the relevant source code in
> /usr/src/linux, I'll mail you a copy of rtl8139.o last built
> for 2.2.19 (it may work with other 2.2.x kernels, but you
> really want 2.2.19 for it's security fixes).
>
> My modules.conf has an entry "alias eth1 rtl8139", and then
> a quick edit of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> and viola I can "ifup eth1"
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