Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 07:48:16 +0800 From: Richard Goh <accel@pacific.net.sg> To: efinley@castlenet.com, Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: "Timothy M. Hughes" <tim@usgcc.odu.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RealTek RTL 8129 PCI Fast Ethernet Card Message-ID: <v04003a00b1bf291a80cf@[210.24.124.58]> In-Reply-To: <359ae341.2257050@afnetinc.com> References: <v04003a03b1ba42f5a191@[210.24.242.127]> <v04003a03b1ba42f5a191@[210.24.242.127]>
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Hi, Thanks for the info. So far so bad, now I have a $2.5k machine sitting pretty on its own and cant even change the network card which is on the motherboard. Looks like the only option left is to port the linux driver. Anyone with some experience on this ? Or is there a guide? TIA Richard At 2:56 AM +0800 6/30/98, Elliot Finley wrote: >On Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:37:03 +0800, you wrote: > >I was unable to get my 8129 to work... Had to go back to the 8029.. > >>HI, >>Has anyone got the driver to work yet? >>Just bought an Advantech panel pc thinking that "NE2000 compatible" was >>all i needed. >>Needless to say, countless rebuilds later ..... >> >>Thanks for any tips. >>Rgds >>Richard >> >> >> >>On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 08:04:15AM -0500, Timothy M. Hughes wrote: >>> > Has anyone got one of these things to work yet?? I mailed >>> > questions@freebsd.org and got a response that it was "probably" a >>> > proprietary driver. If you have a driver or have gotten it to work, >>> > please email me directly (I dont subscibe). >>> >>> RealTek is fairly good at supporting free OSes (even sometimes writing >>> drivers themselves). >>> >>> I don't think you should have a problem getting info from them, but it >>> is probably correct that it is a properitary chip (probably with an >>> almost complete clone of the interface of a popular chipset, so making >>> drivers work should be easy). >> >>Unlike the 8019/8029 (which are NE2000 clones), the 8129/8139 appear to >>be their own design and not compatible with anything else. However, >>datasheets that look complete enough to write a driver are available on >>their website (www.realtek.com.tw), and there also exists a Linux driver >>to crib from (see http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/100mbs.html ) >> >>[Sorry if you see two copies of this - I think I killed the one with an >>incorrect URL, but it may have escaped] >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> >> >> >>www@freebsd.org >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > >-- > Later > Science (efinley@castlenet.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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