Subject: Re: realtek NIC
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/06/2000 09:49:41
At 1:51 AM +0900 11/7/00, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
>In <003c01c04744$a72fcd90$0701a8c0@MKURKDJIAN>
>maxime.kurkdjian@oxalide.com wrote:
>
> > i have a realtek 8139 Fast etherent PCI card plugged in a PM7600.
> > os: Netbsd 1.4.2
> > in the kernel config file: rl0 and ukphy (mii)
> > the kernel detect it durring the boot but when i ifconfigure the card i
> > have no ip connectivity.
> > no error message from the kernel, i have already verified the cable.
> > does anyone arrived to get a realtek NIC work on macppc netbsd ?
>
>RTL8139 driver in 1.4.2 had some endianness problem,
>but it has been fixed and should work on macppc in 1.5.
>(note: it was renamed to "rtk" from "rl")

I'm using it under 1.5 alpha 1 with no problems.  It's the D-Link card.


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