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

[kj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Yes thanks for that after visiting SuSE's support site very early this 
morning i managed to get the card up and running.
I am now playing around with DHCP and Samba so expect to see more posts from 
me soon
B/R
Kelly Jones 


P.J.Weaver@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: 

> > 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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