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



> 
> Kelly Jones wrote:
> > 
> > I am using a 2.4 kernel so i assumed i only had to compile the module

You want 8139too, its a later rewrite of the rtl8139 driver. Should be available in the source as a module (modprobe 8139too)

> 
> You only had to compile the module in 2.2 - the kernel stuff
> is optional, although often I find you need to enable weird
> and wonderful option (maybe I do too much weird IP stuff) so
> it is safer and easier just to rebuild the kernel at the
> same time.
> 
> My brief exposure to 2.4 suggested the procedure wasn't much
> different, although the source tree lived else where, and as
> Alex suggests you need to get the punctuation right.
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