On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 05:56:57PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know which of these drivers works better for people in > kernel 2.2.x. > > Reason: one of them may be enabled as the default driver in the next > woody installation system (boot floppies).
Well, on the same box, with both compiled as modules, having "alias eth0 rtl8139" in /etc/modules.conf works fine, but then changing that to 8139too crashes the box at "ifup -a" time. This is with 2.2.20 straight from uk.kernel.org. Incidentally, if anyone's got any suggestions, please shout out - it's doing my head in! So, at the moment, I'd vote for rtl8139. A lot of literature/lists mention its braindead behaviour, tho, so it may not be the best idea for debian as a whole - but just for me ... :) HTH jc
