RTL-8139D ethernet driver

[Joel Sherrill]

Angelo Fraietta wrote:

> There is an RTEMS driver available at
> http://www.smartcontroller.com.au/~angelo/RT8139.lib.zip
>
> I have not actually used it yet, however, it has been reported to me 
> that it works
>
If Daron can confirm it works, it should be merged.  Almost any NIC 
driver that works
and is in the tree is a good thing.

--joel

> Eric Norum wrote:
>
>> Here's what if found on a Linux driver page.  Note the last two  
>> sentences -- I think that you'll need to port the if_rl driver.
>>
>> ======================================================================== 
>> ========
>>
>> This page contains information on using Linux with the Realtek  
>> RTL8129 and RTL8139 Fast Ethernet Controllers for PCI.
>>
>> The Linux driver for the RealTek RTL8129/8139 is available from 
>> ftp:// ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/rtl8139.c.
>>
>> This driver was written to support the Scyld Beowulf cluster  
>> distribution. For Beowulf-specific information, read the Beowulf  
>> project web page. For commercial Beowulf support, contact SCYLD  
>> directly.
>>
>> This driver is for the RealTek 8129 and 8139 chips only. The 8019 
>> and  8029 chips are unrelated designs. They are PCI NE2000 clones, 
>> and are  supported by updates to the NE2000 driver available from the 
>> Linux  PCI NE2000 Driver page.
>>
>> ======================================================================== 
>> =========
>>
>>
>> On Mar 24, 2006, at 12:34 PM, Daron Chabot wrote:
>>
>>> What is the status of rtems support for the 8139 ethernet  chipset 
>>> ?  I've found relevant threads on the mailing list:
>>>
>>> 1) http://www.rtems.com/ml/rtems-users/2003/january/msg00072.html
>>>     -- indicates a driver was created/tested, but source was not  
>>> committed.
>>>
>>> and,
>>>
>>> 2) http://www.rtems.com/ml/rtems-users/2002/november/msg00235.html
>>>     -- seems some success was had by using the ne2000 driver...
>>>
>>> 3) http://www.rtems.com/ml/rtems-users/2004/february/msg00122.html
>>>     -- the existence of an rtems RTL-8139 driver was unresolved here...
>>>
>>>
>>> FreeBSD's "if_rl" driver would be straightforward to port, but  
>>> hints of the 8139's compatibility with the ne2000 chipset may  
>>> indicate an even simpler solution.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any experiences to share regarding this ethernet card  
>>> and RTEMS ?
>>>
>>> thx.
>>>
>>> -- dc
>>
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