Re: RT Linux

Ian Wright wrote:

> From: "Ian Wright" <Ian@...>
>
> Hi,
>
> Can someone remind me please since my memory seems to be on a go-slow - I
> want to build a new kernel to include network card support (Ethernet), do I
> need to reinstall RTlinux afterwards or is this a separate 'program' which
> the kernel will find itself? Alternatively, I have a suspicion that I may
> have said 'yes' to the Ethernet modules when I built the original kernel but
> it doesn't seem to recognise the Ethernet card I put in the box. A 'dmesg'
> command doesn't show any 'eth0' devices as detected but when I do a
> 'modprobe eth16i -v' I get a message saying that the hardware is busy or
> something similar which doesn't seem to add up. I'm not sure exactly what
> the network cards are I have obtained but they say on them 'Intel 8/16 LAN
> adapter' and have a small chip near the edge which gives an 'ethernet
> address' in hexadecimal. Can anyone offer any help please?

You will have to identify the ethernet card. It may or may not
be a supported type. There is a how-to for ethernet that goes to
enormous detail to describe the various drivers, and what boards they
handle. You should download this file from the RedHat site.

Jon