[realtek] pcmcia realtek8139

Arquimedes Canedo boig@casitadelterror.com
Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:57:23 -0500


Hello.

I have a problem with my laptop.
My laptop is a compaq 1202LA, i bought a PC CARD NIC, it has a
realtek8139 chip.
In windows works perfectly.

I use slackware/kernel 2.4.5, the problem is that i can't load the
8139too driver.

This is part of my dmesg
It seems that i have a irq conflict, i've tried to change the irq_list
parameters but nothing happens.

- dmesg
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.26
  options : [pci] [cardbus]
Intel PCIC probe: <6>PCI:Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.0
PCI: The same IRQ used for device 00:07.2

   TI 1410 rev 01 PCI-to-Cardbus at slot 00:0b, mem 0x10000000
	host opts[0]: [ring][pci+serial irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 32/176] [bus
2/5]
	PCI card interrupts, PCI status changes
cs: cb_alloc(bus2): vendor 0x10ec, device 0x8139

-end

if i try a 'cardctl ident'
dumps this :

Socket 0:
	product info: "CardBus", "10/100Mbps Ethernet Card","",""
	manfid: 0x0000, 0x024c
	function: 6(network)
	PCI id: 0x10ec, 0x8139


When I try to load the 8139too dumps this :

'modprobe 8139too'

/lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o.gz : init_module: No
such device
...: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including IO or IRQ parameters
...: insmod 8139too failed

i've compiled the rtl8139-diag tool and dumps this :

...
Index #1: Found a RealTek RTL8139 adapter at 0.
This chip has not been assigned a valid IRQ, and will not function.
This must be fixed in the PCI BIOS setup. The device driver has no way
of changing the PCI IRQ settings.
..


This is my big problem. My BIOS a Phoenix4.0 Release 6 doesn't have
'ADVANCED OPTIONS', so i cannot change even PnP OS to OFF.

I can't change anything from my bios except the date and other minor
settings.

Please I need help to solve this problem

Thank You 

Arquimedes Canedo