D-Link DFE-690TXD CardBus NIC driver hassle

From: Mike Baranczak (mbarancz_at__REMOVE_THIS_twcny.rr.com)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:01:58 GMT

Trying to get my Dell laptop connected to the net, and it just ain't
working.

First attempt: RedHat 7.0.

The NIC isn't recognized at installation time. D-Link provided a Linux
driver on the CD (in source form), but it won't compile. I finally
figure out that the provided instructions are wrong (gcc wasn't able to
find the kernel headers) and manage to build and install the damn thing.
It works, except for the fact that the system now tends to crash while
accessing the network. Oops.

Second attemp: Debian Woody (with the default kernel: 'uname -r' shows
'2.2.20-idepci')

During installation, I select the driver 8139too (which is supposedly
the right one). It won't load - I get the following message:

/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net/8139too.o: init_module: Device or
resource busy

(I try it with a few other NIC drivers, just for the hell of it, and get
the exact same result.) Running 'modprobe 8139too' after installation
gives the same error message as above. Running 'lspci -v' with the card
plugged in shows this information:

23:00.0 Ethernet Controller: D-Link System Inc: Unknown device 1340 (rev
10)
Subsystem: D-Link System Inc: Unknown device 1340
Flags: medium devsel
I/O ports at <unassigned> [disabled]
Memory at <ignored> (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

Anybody have any ideas?

-MB 

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