
                 The Linux Driver Installation Instructions for 
         CardBus Fast Ethernet Attached Port PC Card(Realtek RTL8139C-Based)
			Version:1.01(06 August 2002)
         
CONTENTS
 1. Introduction
 2. PC Card Model
 3. Tested Kernel Versions
 4. File List
 5. Installation Procedures
 6. Technical Support
 7. Copyright
 
Introduction
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    This driver is based on rtl8139.c version 1.16a written by Donald Becker
    and modified by Wilson Chan to add more supported vendors.
 
PC Card Model
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    CardBus Fast Ethernet Attached Port PC Card 

Tested Kernel Versions
----------------------

    This device driver has been fully tested on the following kernel versions:
    	2.2.14
	2.2.16
		
File List
---------
    The complete files list is as follow:

    readme.txt
    makefile
    rtl8139.c
    pci-scan.h
    pci-scan.c
    kern_compat.h
    cb_shim.c
    config
     

Installation Procedures
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 1. Uncompress the attached file to an empty floppy disk.

 2. To login as the root.
 
 3. To copy the driver source code from the driver diskette, simply do 
    
    #mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
    #cd /usr/src
    #mkdir driver
    #cp /mnt/linux/v22x/* . ==>copied all the files into directory /usr/src/driver  
   
 4. To compile and generate the object code from the driver source code
 
    #make all
 
 5. To replace the older driver or to copy the driver into a appropriate directory
 
    #make install

 6. To modify the /etc/pcmcia/config file
    If the following device configuration or definition has not been added to the config 
    file, please adds the following configuration and definition into the config file 
    carefully. Or you can just copy the config file along with the driver package into the
    etc/pcmcia directory, but please backup the original config file for any safety consideration.
    #
    # Device Driver definitions
    #
    device "realtek"
      class "network" module "cb_enabler","pci-scan","cb_shim","rtl8139"
	
    #
    # CardBus cards
    #
    card "Realtek RTL8139C-Based 10/100 Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card"
      manfid 0x0000, 0x024c
      bind "realtek"		

 7. To reboot the Linux system
    
    #shutdown -r now

 8. To login as the root.

 9. To Set up the IP configuration
 
    #netconfig 

 10. To reboot the Linux system
    
    #shutdown -r now


Technical Support
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   You can send e-mail to retailer for questions, feedback and document fixes.

Copyright
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   This document can be freely used and redistributed without any
   prior permission.
