Re: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet only works as a module?

From: Larry Woodman (woodman@missioncriticallinux.com)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 08:38:31 EST


James Fidell wrote:

> Under 2.2.14 (and it would seem under 2.3.40 as well), the driver for
> this network interface appears to work as a module, but not when compiled
> into the kernel. Is there anything I can do to try to track down why this
> should be the case?
>
> Thanks,
> James.
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James, we have several HP Pavillion 85xx boxes with RealTek RTL8139 Fast
Ethernet
NICs and they all work OK when they are compiled into the kernel or loaded as

modules. Perhaps something else is wrong in the .config file.

Larry Woodman



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