[realtek] RTL8139 boot problems

[Jeff Elkins]

Just as a followup, insmod tells me that the 8139too module is loaded. But as 
I said, the NIC is not detected when the network starts.

Jeff


On Wednesday 05 February 2003 10:44 am, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running RedHat 8.0 on a Athlon 1.8Ghz box that has two Realtek NICs,
> one 'B" revision the other a "C" revision. The cards have been in place for
> well over a year w/o problems.
>
> After an upgrade to RH8 with kernel 2.4.18-14, the cards continue to
> function w/o problems, but when I attempt to compile a newer kernel, the
> message:
>
> ifup: 8139too device does not seem to be present, delayi
> Feb  5 10:05:39 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0:  failed
>
> appears, and neither card is seen. I've tried compiling the 8139 as a
> module and built-in - both fail. Have I missed some compile option or
> something? I'm scratching my head over this one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Elkins
>
>
>
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