8139too not working with SMC 1211 and kernel 2.4.0
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#11 8139too not working with SMC 1211 and kernel 2.4.0
<stupid newbie>When upgrading to kernel 2.4.0 (Debian 2.2r2), I started using the 8139too driver because the old rtl8139 driver was no longer in the kernel tree. The rtl8139 driver worked, but with the 8139too, I can't get dhcp to assign an IP address to the card. I reinstalled the kernel with the latest version (0.9.14?) but it still doesn't work. The card shows up in ifconfig, but won't take an IP address. Please help.</stupid newbie>
1) Please provide 'dmesg' and 'lspci' output after the card is in place.
2) Please try (just released) version 0.9.15.
3) Please provide output of "dhcpcd -B -d eth0" (this assumes 8139 card is eth0)
Problem was with dhclient not cooperating with the driver. I installed dhcpcd and removed dhclient and now it works fine. I'm still using 0.9.14, so I haven't tested dhclient with the latest driver, but since it works now, I'll only do so if you want the feedback. Thanks for the help.