[ltp] Kernel 2.4.20 and Realtek8139 with PCMCIA

Adam Southerland linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 02 Jun 2003 01:16:32 -0300


THANKS! =)

I'll be looking at it soon (Not sure about tonight... 11:30p and I gotta 
work tomorrow =(
lol

Have a good day!
Adam


----Original Message Follows----
From: Dan Sawyer <dansawyer@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Subject: Re: [ltp] Kernel 2.4.20 and Realtek8139 with PCMCIA
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 21:09:43 -0700

Adam,

I sent you my .config file.

modprobe loads dependencies.

Dan

Adam Southerland wrote:

>How is your PCMCIA setup?
>
>Are you still using the PCMCIA-cs-3.1.24 (or whatever version?)
>
>I added a line -> if uname -r != '2.2.19' then Don't load the 
>pcmcia-cs-3.1.24
>
>The new kernel has built in PCMCIA support and that is what I have been 
>attempting to use... Shoule I just disable that and go back to the previous 
>package? (I have been working with 2.2.19 and 2.4.20 constantly so I have 
>been modifing startup scripts based on versions...)
>
>Also, does the mii.o get loaded when you run -> /sbin/modprob 8139too
>or does it have to be ran by itself?
>
>Thanks!
>Adam Southerland
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>Adam,
>
>I am running 2.4.20 on a thinkpad. I use
>
>/sbin/modprobe 8139too
>
>to load the driver. There is a dependence on mii.o as well.
>
>I can't speak to irq 0. That seems strange.
>
>Below is the module list
>
>Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: PF
>ppdev                   6828   0  (autoclean)
>nfs                    80920   2  (autoclean)
>ide-cd                 33700   0  (autoclean)
>cdrom                  33728   0  (autoclean) [ide-cd]
>cs46xx                 62896   0  (autoclean)
>ac97_codec             13672   0  (autoclean) [cs46xx]
>soundcore               6468   3  (autoclean) [cs46xx]
>8139too                18088   1
>mii                     3912   0  [8139too]
>vmnet                  23496   4
>parport_pc             19044   0
>parport                37152   0  [ppdev parport_pc]
>vmmon                  27540   0
>nfsd                   80112   8  (autoclean)
>lockd                  58704   1  (autoclean) [nfs nfsd]
>sunrpc                 81564   1  (autoclean) [nfs nfsd lockd]
>autofs                 13364   0  (autoclean) (unused)
>apm                    13284   2
>ds                      8712   2
>yenta_socket           12960   2
>pcmcia_core            54880   0  [ds yenta_socket]
>iptable_filter          2412   0  (autoclean) (unused)
>ip_tables              14872   1  [iptable_filter]
>nls_iso8859-1           3516   1  (autoclean)
>nls_cp437               5116   1  (autoclean)
>vfat                   13100   1  (autoclean)
>fat                    38808   0  (autoclean) [vfat]
>mousedev                5524   1
>keybdev                 2944   0  (unused)
>hid                    22244   0  (unused)
>input                   5792   0  [mousedev keybdev hid]
>usb-uhci               26380   0  (unused)
>usbcore                77504   1  [hid usb-uhci]
>ext3                   70368   3
>jbd                    51796   3  [ext3]
>
>
>Adam Southerland wrote:
>
>>Good Day!
>>
>>I Installed the new Kernel 2.4.20 and now I can't get my Realtek 8139 
>>PCMCIA Nic to work...
>>
>>The CardBus receives an IRQ of 0 and the NIC inherits this IRQ =(
>>
>>Anyone know how to make this work with Thinkpads?
>>
>>btw...
>>I have an IBM Thinkpad 760XL
>>current working kernel is 2.2.19 with the PCMCIA-cs-xxxxx and the 
>>realtek_cb.o driver...
>>
>>I have seen information that I need to use the 8139too.o driver and this 
>>would work except my IRQ is 0. I have worked on this for 3 days... 
>>Constant compiling and stuff (Pentium 166MMX takes a while to compile =) 
>>hehe
>>
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