Re: GLUG: Realerk sriver not in kernel?

[Greg Wildman <greg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> 
> Hi, gluggers, me again.
> Ok, I managed to get the machine working again, so don't worry about the
> previous post. Ok managed to get the new kernel (2.2.14) installed, and it
> worked fine after reboot. Only thing is: there is no realtek 8139 driver, or
> any realtek for thar matter? Was this generally a probelm with this kernel?

The Realtek 8139 driver is already supplied as a module (RedHat) called
rtl8139.o in /lib/modules/<version>/net

> The previous one had it. I did make menuconfig, and it was nowhere to be
> found. So I did make xconfig ( in X ), and it was not highlighted. I also
> noticed that a lot of stuff wasn't highlighted. Can someone please telll me
> if they had the same, and how you fixed it? How would I put the realtek
> driver in after the kernel was compiled, and where would I get that driver?
> I use Slackware 7, so I'd like to get the source, not an rpm

Install the kernel source and it can be found at
/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/rtl8139.c


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