Comments for Realtek Fast Ethernet Driver rtl8139.c version 1.0 2001/10/24 ShuChen Shao 1.This driver is based on rtl8139.c version 1.11 written by Donald Becker and modified by Clifford Chiang, wrchiang@realtek.com.tw, to support C+ mode operation with Link Down Power Saving and ShuChen Shao, shuchen@realtek.com.tw, to support both C and C+ mode operation with Medium type selection. 2.It has been tested in 2.2.14 kernel. 3.RTL8139C+ PCI ethernet chips is set to support C+ mode by default. If FORCE_8139CP_TO_C_MODE is enable, the RTL8139C+ chip will be forced to support C mode after reboot. 4.The associated kern_compat.h should be also in the same directory while compiling. This object file obtained after compiling rtl8139.c is supposed to be at /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net.Download Driver Pack
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