[realtek] Re: D-Link DFE-538Fx

[Wm. G. McGrath]

> 
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Wm. G. McGrath wrote:
> 
> > I too am having problems with the dlink DFE-538TX in a 3 card
> > configuration. Two of my cards are also ISA (3com 509Bs) and the
> > D-Link will not play nicely with them either. I don't know if its an
> > ISA/PCI problem or a Dlink/rest-of-world problem or really if this is
> > the problem at all. It could be plug and pray. But...
> 
> What, specifically, is the problem that you are having?
> 
> > Roderick Smith, (Linux: networking for your Office, Sams 1999) seems
> > to think this is a general problem with linux.
> 
> There is no general problem with multiple cards or drivers in Linux.
> 
> > He suggests recompiling
> > the kernel, putting some drivers in the kernel, compiling some as
> > modules, switching cards around, putting all drivers in the kernel, or
> > all as modules.
> 
> This is pure superstition, or perhaps not reading the documentation on
> the syntax to specify multiple base I/O addresses for ISA cards.
>

Thanks very much for your help Donald. It is greatly appreciated. I
will be sending an email in hopes of improving the documentation next
time the HowTo is updated.

	bill