Re: Realtek 8139 & netboot 09e

[Torsten Fischer <tof@bee.de>]

Hello,

> Hi
> 
> I have booted   8139 with NDIS driver but it didn't work with packet driver.

Thank you for that tip. I had the same problem a few days ago with an
onboard 8139. I tried it with the packet driver that was on the CD-ROM for
that board. I testet it with the netboot-versions 0.7.2, 0.8.1, 0.9.0d and
0.9.0e. The first two versions claim that the packet-driver is to big and
refuses to make an image. I get most far like you with the version 0.9.0e.
I get an image with the packet-driver and it starts to boot. There was the
usual (corect) messages, then 
	BOOTP: Sending requests  

and then a lot of dots. But if you use tcpdump, you can't see any
bootp-packets on the net.
If one uses, as you suggested, the NDIS-driver, everything woks fine.

> I tested over 50 images (pd from  AT2500TX , LFE 8139TX, PKLITE etc....)

Sounds like a lot of work and I'm sorry I have no answer for you. But why
don't you use the NDIS-driver you get work ? Even the bootrom works with
this driver. I've tried it yesterday.


> (I have a 64k SRAM board which emulates an EPROM),
> 
> What can I do to use packet drivers for 8139?
> 
> Florin
> 


Regards,
	Torsten

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