[realtek] realtek 8100

Tobias Barth tobi@web-arts.de
Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:48:45 +0200


Donald Becker wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Tobias Barth wrote:
>
> > The only problem is that they have a Realtek 8100 chip on it, and I don'
> > t know whether it will run on Linux or not.
>
> I checked
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/htm/products/products_4.htm
> and there is no listing for the 8100.  I suspect they mean the 8139C, or
> perhaps "one of the 8130/8138/8139 series chips".

I got an answer from realtek now:

> Hi,
>      Thank you for your e-mail.
>
> RTL8100 and RTL8139 series use the same drivers. You can get the
> driver
> from
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/htm/download/cgi/DLd1.cgi?model=RTL8139%28A%2FB%2FC%2F8130%29&type=2

> BTW, the driver has built-in in the kernel, you don't need extra
> driver.


Ciao

Tobi