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Re: RealTek 8139 Redboot i386


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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