[ale] DFE-530TX+ Rev D - Beware!

[Jeff Hubbs]

"Joseph A. Knapka" wrote:
OK, I'm sitting here with the DFE-530TX+ that I got from Circuit City,
and it says "Rev. D2" on it.  The chip is a DL10038C.  Does that sound
good/bad/adequate?

- Jeff

> 
> "Joseph A. Knapka" wrote:
> >
> > Regarding the D-Link NICs mentioned in the subject, which are
> > being sold as a loss-leader by Circuit City for literal pennies:
> >
> > - The box claims Linux support.
> > - There's a version of Donald Becker's rtl8139 driver on the
> >   driver diskette.
> > - That driver *will not* compile under 2.4-series kernels.
> > - The rtl8139 driver (drivers/net/8139too.c) included in
> >   the 2.4.5 kernel *will not* detect this card.
> 
> Oopsie. The 8139too driver *does* detect the card. I was
> apparently suffering from temporary brain death while
> looking at the dmesg output. The card works fine on
> 2.4.5. Mae culpa.
> 
> -- Joe Knapka
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