[realtek] rtl8139 and linux-2.4.x

[Christopher D. Reimer]

It did not occur to me that parts of the newest kernel release would not be 
backwards compatible with "older" programs. DOH!  :)  I'm now using the 
2.4.2 default rtl8139 driver. Thanks!

Christopher Reimer

At 10:22 AM 2/25/2001, Tim Grüne wrote:
>The header netdevice.h has changed a lot in 2.4; most of your errors
>will refer to the struct dev, defined in netdevice.h, and non-existing
>members, like tbusy.
>At the times of linux-2.4-test8 or so, D. Becker told me he'll port his
>driver to the new kernel once a stable version is out. He might already be
>working on it, till then you can only try to fix it yourself or wait.
>Tim