[plug] Re: Looking for network card module

Chris Griffin griffinster at gmail.com
Tue Sep 28 20:55:44 WST 2004


Update:

I have just finished applying all of the outstanding patches, which
now brings the kernel up to 2.4.27. Which has still not fixed the
problem with the PCI rtl 8169 card.


On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:41:46 +0800, Chris Griffin <griffinster at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been trying to get Smoothwall working on my system and am
> having trouble with the network card. It is a Realtek 8169 based card
> which is not supported standard. After much searching I found that all
> I need do is obtain a module file compiled against kernel ver 2.4.22,
> put it in the right place and config the system and all will be well.
> I have downloaded the source for the driver from realtek but have no
> way of compiling against kernel ver 2.4.22.
> Can anyone help please? All I need is the .o file, if I am reading it correctly.
> 
> Regards,
> Chris Griffin
>



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