CTPCI and Realtek 8139D

[Kroll]

Hi,

From 3 weeks I use my CTPCI again, and today I would like to connect my REALTEK 8139D (universal PCI 3.3 and 5 V card)
Radeon works of course.
On this Falcon I use netusbee and configuring mydhcp (mint.cnf) And Everything it OK.
Now I would like change and use PCI card
I have plug Radeon card on second slot (first is empty)
Realtek is in third slot, four is empty
During start computer I see this card Vendor ID 0x10EC, Device ID 0x8139 Ethernet Device
At the beginning I disabled ne2kect2.xif (Netusbee driver) and add driver for realtek card from this website
http://assemsoft.atari.org/rtl8139/index.html
rtl8139.xif (17812 bytes lenght) (not for Hades version)
After I start MiNT and when running mydhcp line from mint.cnf, but it stop and that's all.

If I change again disable realtek driver and enable netusbee
What do you thing ? It is a correct driver ?

Regards

[Ektus]

viewtopic.php?f=97&t=24151&p=299611&hilit=ctpci+realtek#p299622

Boot output of my working MiNT setup:
MiNT-Net TCP-IP 1.6 PL 1 Nov 3 2012

The driver in use should be rtl8139.xif, 60015 Byte, 2012-05-06

As stated in the thread linked above, I've got it working but only using a beta version of the CTPCI TOS and a MiNT 1.17 nightly build from back then. No DHCP either, but configuring the interface manually works for me.

My card shows the same identification on the boot screen.

Regards
Ektus.

[Kroll]

Sorry for trouble, but I can not find this drivers about 60kB, please give me a link or send it

Regards
Kroll

[Ektus]

It is included in the tosbeta10 archive, available from my website. http://www.ektus.de/tosbeta10.zip
That's the TOS I have to use, together with the latest ABE, CTPCI and SDR versions. ABE7F, CTPCI_1M and SDR7D.

Regards
Ektus.

[Kroll]

Thank you very much !
Earlier I have Boot and Tos driver 2.00 Beta 2 from 24.09.2010
Now I load your driver 1.02
First of all I see Xboot is not working.
Do you have XBOOT version with works with this drivers ?
The same when I use 2.01 too, only with drivers 2.00 beta 2 its working
I load the sting drivers rtl8139.stx and when I use yours drivers 1,02 in TOS system Sting It is working and have connection with the others PC computer in my local network, and I am very happy.

Under MiNT (Xboot is disable) I loading rtl8139.xif and I think its OK (DHCP is not working), but I have still problem when I try to load manually, And I will inform you later

Regards
Kroll

[wongck]

Great to see another CTPCI networking works.
I cannot get mine to work even after several tries.

[paul92706]

Great to see another CTPCI networking works.
I cannot get mine to work even after several tries.

i'm with you on that wongck, i could not get mine working either.

[wongck]

Ya, but good to see that it is working for some other.... keeps the hope up.
I will try again sometime this year.

[Ektus]

Thank you very much !
Earlier I have Boot and Tos driver 2.00 Beta 2 from 24.09.2010
Now I load your driver 1.02
First of all I see Xboot is not working.
Do you have XBOOT version with works with this drivers ?

No, I don't use XBOOT (never have). I've got plenty of bootable partitions and simply install a different system on another partition.
It's Boot 2.02 and Tos drivers 1.02, according to the boot messages I see here.

The same when I use 2.01 too, only with drivers 2.00 beta 2 its working
I load the sting drivers rtl8139.stx and when I use yours drivers 1,02 in TOS system Sting It is working and have connection with the others PC computer in my local network, and I am very happy.

Very good, so the hardware is working.

Under MiNT (Xboot is disable) I loading rtl8139.xif and I think its OK (DHCP is not working), but I have still problem when I try to load manually, And I will inform you later

I've got the manual configuration in /etc/sysconfig/config.if and /etc/sysconfig/defaultroute, one line each. For testing purposes, the "ifconfig" and "route add" commands in a shell will do the job.

If MiNT-Net refuses to work, you could try using STinG with MiNT.


Regards
Ektus.

[Kroll]

Hi,

Today I would like to manually please find therei is information about my net at home from PC computer, instruction ipconfig /all

DHCP_PC.jpg

Sorry, My Windows is in Polish language, but I thing I will try translate
Maska Podsieci (eng.: Netmask)
Brama Domyslna (eng Gateway) and I think rest is OK

If use DHCP and Netusbee I have address 192.168.1.12 (for example on my other computer Atari TT I have 192.168.1.15 etc.)
Ektus: If this information is useful please Help me and Write to me correct instruction ifconfig and route and which line in which file.
I will be very grateful for any help

Regards
Kroll

[Faucon2001]

Hi Kroll,

Do you use your CTPCI with a CT60/CT63 old generation or a CT60e new generation?
I have not been able to use it with a new CT60e so far.

[Kroll]

I use with CT63 old generation

[Faucon2001]

Thanks Kroll, I was hoping to follow your trail, I am afraid it won't be for now

[Kroll]

Ektus:

I start My MiNT with your TOS driver 1.02 and and load rtl8139.xif in C:/MINT/1-19-cur/
In my Shell Conholio on the beginning I run ifconfig and then I have only this information:
only lo0: ...
after this I wrote:
ifconfig rtk0 addr 192.168.1.13 up
later:
ifconfig rtk0 netmask 255.255.255.0 and
route add default rtk0 gw 192.168.1.1
and after this once again I run command ifconfig and after this I have this information :
rtk0: flags=0x443<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING>
inet 192.168.1.13 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
metric 0 mtu 1500
in-packets 0 in-errors 0 collisions 0
out-pcket 0 out-errors 0

But I when I try ping 192.168.1.13 from PC computer NO answer:
What do you think about it

[Ektus]

The configuration looks okay, the system believes the card up and running. So far, so good. BUT (and there has to be a but) I've been there, done that, and got the very same result (no connectivity), too. I had to use a specific version of MiNT, too, namely a daily build of 0.17 from back then. Any other version (at the time, 0.18) wouldn't work. I don't know what changes there are or if it's compiler related or whatever, but that's all I can say on the topic.

Regards
Ektus.

[mikro]

I had to use a specific version of MiNT, too, namely a daily build of 0.17 from back then. Any other version (at the time, 0.18) wouldn't work. I don't know what changes there are or if it's compiler related or whatever, but that's all I can say on the topic.

Man, you should report issues like this else they can't get fixed / investigated. If you're willing to give it a try, please download latest build from https://freemint.github.io/#snapshots -- if it's working worse, thanks to git is pretty easy to find the bad guy (usually it takes 5-6 steps).

[Ektus]

Man, I've been writing about it here on the forums and on atari-home.de since 2012, but nobody has picked up on it. I'm a MagiC user, FreeMiNT is installed but rarely used and only for testing, and thus has ultra-low priority for me. For me, the FreeMiNT version that's working is a daily build (freemint-1.17-03112012.tar.bz2) and that's all I remember about it.

Regards
Ektus.

[paul92706]

For me, the FreeMiNT version that's working is a daily build (freemint-1.17-03112012.tar.bz2) and that's all I remember about it.


Hi Ektus, so i see your on 1-17 build, do you have any plans on upgrading to 1-19? I see you only use Mint for testing.
Regards
Ektus.[/quote]

[Ektus]

I might upgrade (rather, install 1.19 in parallel) at some time in the future, but possibly not in the near future. Never touch a running system, and the CT63 machine doesn't see much use anyway.

[Kroll]

Ektus: thank you for your help and everything,
Just before manually I start network with this build and freemint 1.17 and TOS drivers 1.02 with these setting:
ifconfig rtk0 addr 192.168.1.13 up
ifconfig rtk0 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default rtk0 gw 192.168.1.1

please help one again in which files I have to enter this setting and started automatically network

[paul92706]

I might upgrade (rather, install 1.19 in parallel) at some time in the future, but possibly not in the near future. Never touch a running system, and the CT63 machine doesn't see much use anyway.

how funny i agree with you 110% (in regards to never touch a running system) i learned the hard way!

[mikro]

I've been writing about it here on the forums and on atari-home.de since 2012, but nobody has picked up on it.

Maybe because FreeMiNT developers use the mailing list for communication. :-)

Anyway, if you happen to give it a shot, I'll happily help you debug the issue.

[Ektus]

Ektus: thank you for your help and everything,
Just before manually I start network with this build and freemint 1.17 and TOS drivers 1.02 with these setting:
ifconfig rtk0 addr 192.168.1.13 up
ifconfig rtk0 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default rtk0 gw 192.168.1.1

please help one again in which files I have to enter this setting and started automatically network

See earlier in this thread, viewtopic.php?f=97&t=31641#p318090

/etc/sysconfig/config.if and /etc/sysconfig/defaultroute

There are comments in the files as to what format is needed.

[wongck]

Maybe because FreeMiNT developers use the mailing list for communication.

Anyway, if you happen to give it a shot, I'll happily help you debug the issue.

Great stuff. So this will get updated to v1.19 ?

[mikro]

Great stuff. So this will get updated to v1.19 ?

Not sure what you mean but if Ektus tests the new kernel and will be willing to try a few things then yes, the fix would get into 1.19.