[realtek] Driver for D-Link DFE-530TX+ & DFE-538TX

[Donald Becker]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Ben Bird wrote:

>   I want to know if it is possible to modify the current drivers included 
> with the linux kernels to support more network cards.  Because the current 
> drivers provided with the latest kernels don't support my network card.
> 
>   I have a D-Link DFE-538Tx network card and I had to search a long time for 
> a drivers until I noticed that the correct driver was only available from 
> the install disk (and not from their web site).

Does your card actually have a PCI ID of
   0x1186 0x1300

Please reply, ideally with a 'lspci' or 'cat /proc/pci' output.

>   I have the updated version of the rtl8139.c driver which I tested 
> successfully with my D-Link DFE-538Tx that supports the following Ethernet 
> cards:

That's actually a rather old version, with additional table entries.

> "RealTek RTL8129 Fast Ethernet",
> "RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet",
> "D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 Adpater",
> "D-Link DFE-530TX+ PCI Adpater",
> "RealTek RTL8139B PCI/CardBus",
> "SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek RTL8139)",
> "Accton MPX5030 (RealTek RTL8139)",

Note that most of these have the same primary ID, with only the subsystem ID
changing.  Only the SMC 1211 and presumably your D-Link model have unique
primary IDs.

My driver only matches the primary ID unless there is a specific change
associated with the subsystem.  The following are just generic rtl8139
implementations:

> "AF-280 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card",
> "AF-280 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card",
> "Addtron AF-260 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card",
> "Addtron AF-260 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card",
> "32-bit CardBus 10/100 Ethernet(R5)",
> "32-bit CardBus 10/100 Ethernet(R5)",
> "Billionton 10/100 Base-TX CardBus Ethernet",
> "Billionton 10/100 Base-TX CardBus Ethernet",
> "Edimax 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet CardBus Adapter",
> "Edimax 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet CardBus Adapter",
> "CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card",
> "CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card",
> "RubyTech/Danpex FE-6439TX CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter",
> "RubyTech/Danpex FE-6439TX CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter",
> "SURECOM EP-428X 32-bit 100/10M CardBus PC Card",
> "SURECOM EP-428X 32-bit 100/10M CArdBus PC Card",

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