Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 18:56:37 GMT From: efinley@castlenet.com (Elliot Finley) To: Richard Goh <accel@pacific.net.sg> Cc: "Timothy M. Hughes" <tim@usgcc.odu.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RealTek RTL 8129 PCI Fast Ethernet Card Message-ID: <359ae341.2257050@afnetinc.com> In-Reply-To: <v04003a03b1ba42f5a191@[210.24.242.127]> References: <v04003a03b1ba42f5a191@[210.24.242.127]>
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On Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:37:03 +0800, you wrote: I was unable to get my 8129 to work... Had to go back to the 8029.. >HI, >Has anyone got the driver to work yet? >Just bought an Advantech panel pc thinking that "NE2000 compatible" was >all i needed. >Needless to say, countless rebuilds later ..... > >Thanks for any tips. >Rgds >Richard > > > >On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 08:04:15AM -0500, Timothy M. Hughes wrote: >> > Has anyone got one of these things to work yet?? I mailed >> > questions@freebsd.org and got a response that it was "probably" a >> > proprietary driver. If you have a driver or have gotten it to work, >> > please email me directly (I dont subscibe). >> >> RealTek is fairly good at supporting free OSes (even sometimes writing >> drivers themselves). >> >> I don't think you should have a problem getting info from them, but it >> is probably correct that it is a properitary chip (probably with an >> almost complete clone of the interface of a popular chipset, so making >> drivers work should be easy). > >Unlike the 8019/8029 (which are NE2000 clones), the 8129/8139 appear to >be their own design and not compatible with anything else. However, >datasheets that look complete enough to write a driver are available on >their website (www.realtek.com.tw), and there also exists a Linux driver >to crib from (see http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/100mbs.html ) > >[Sorry if you see two copies of this - I think I killed the one with an >incorrect URL, but it may have escaped] > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > >www@freebsd.org > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Later Science (efinley@castlenet.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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