Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:21:08 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> 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: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980629112012.299A-100000@bright.ny.otec.com> In-Reply-To: <v04003a03b1ba42f5a191@[210.24.242.127]>
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try: device ed0 at pci? in your kernel config, worked for me, but i don't rember my chipset. or whatever isa card it is kinda like. it might just work. -Alfred On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Richard Goh wrote: > 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-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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