
                 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. Operation Mode Settings
 7. Technical Support
 8. Copyright
 
Introduction
------------
    This driver is based on 8139too.c version 0.9.24 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:
    	2.4.2
	2.4.7
	2.4.18
	2.4.19
	
File List
---------
    The complete files list is as follow:

    readme.txt
    makefile
    8139too.c
     

Installation Procedures
------------------------
 
 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/v24x/* . ==>copied all the files into directory /usr/src/driver  
   
 4. To compile and generate the object code from the driver source code
 
    #make 
 
 5. To replace the older driver or to copy the driver into a appropriate directory
 
    #make install

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

 7. To login as the root.

 8. To Set up the IP configuration
 
    #netconfig 

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


Operation Mode Settings
------------------------
It can support Forced Operation Mode instead of setting the default Auto-Negotiation Mode,
that is:
	10-half	 0x01
	10-full	 0x02
	100-half 0x04
	100-full 0x08
Example:
  If 10-half mode is expected, it can be achieved by the following steps:
	#ifconfig eth0 down
	#rmmod 8139too
	#insmod 8139too media=0x01

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

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