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Re: RealTek 8139 Redboot i386
- From: Iztok Zupet <iztok dot zupet at vsr dot si>
- To: "Vijai Krishnamurthy" <vijai at protosys dot com>,<ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:40:58 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] RealTek 8139 Redboot i386
- Organization: VSR d.o.o.
- References: <PJEGIFKEEJHOLIGOENDAGEALCAAA.vijai@protosys.com>
- Reply-to: iztok dot zupet at vsr dot si
On Monday 28 October 2002 10:19, Vijai Krishnamurthy wrote:
> I'm a newbie to eCos....need some help here.
>
> I'm trying to bring up a i386 target booting from a Redboot floppy with
> network support.
> I used Chris Paulson's Realtek 8139 driver and followed the instructions
> for the ecos config.
>
> Once I boot the target I get this message and the machine just hangs:
>
> DP83902A eeprom: ESA: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
DP83902A is software compatible with Realtek 8039AS (essentially an NE2000).
I don't believe that a driver written for an DP80902A could work with an
8139. That one requires a dedicated driver, that's the way it's done in
other OS-es (Linux, FreeBSD).
Regards
iz
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