Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Mar 1996 11:12:25 +0000 | From | Liam Hudson <> | Subject | Re: SMC Etherpower PCI card not responding |
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Bret Robinson wrote: > > I am having problems getting an SMC Etherpower PCI ethernet card to work. I > am running kernel version 1.3.20 with the following hardware config: > > ASUS P/I-P55TP4XE P100 Motherboard > 32Mb RAM > Adaptec AHA-2940 PCI SCSI adapter > Seagate ST31230N HDD (about 1 GB) > Trident 8900 video card > > I have downloaded and compiled in the latest version of the tulip.c (v0.10) > and when I re-compile the kernel I get the following messages (these are > the only warning/error messages I get when compiling): > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-1.3.20/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -m486 -c dummy.c > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-1.3.20/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 > -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -m486 -c -o tulip.o tulip.c > tulip.c: In function `dec21040_init': > tulip.c:234: warning: passing arg 4 of `pcibios_read_config_dword' from > incompatible pointer type > rm -f net.a > ar rcs net.a Space.o auto_irq.o net_init.o loopback.o dummy.o tulip.o > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-1.3.20/drivers/net' > > Before I re-compiled, I also did a make config; make dep; make clean to make > sure there wasn't anything around that shouldn't be. > > After re-compiling and copying the kernel in place (and re-do lilo install), I > can reboot the system and the ethernet card is seen and seems to be > initialised. The card's link light is on and the tx/rx light is active. I can > ping the localhost (127.0.0.0), but if I try and ping something that is > actually on the network nothing happens at all. After aborting the ping, > ifconfig shows that no packets were sent or received on eth0. After a few > minutes the card's link and tx/rx lights go out. I have tried this with > three different cards and all act the same way (I have also run the > ezstart smc diags on all card and they check out ok). Does anyone have > any idea what the problem could be? I can get the system working with 16-bit > SMC cards but would like to get it working with these cards. > > Thanks for any help. > > | Bret Robinson, Unix & Network Admin \ Voice: +1-604-528-7984 | > | City of Abbotsford, BC, Canada \ Fax: +1-604-528-2529 | > | B.Robinson@city.abby.bc.ca \ | > | "Keep your stick on the ice" \___ o <- puck (for US viewers) |
Hi,
I also have had no luck getting either the 0.10 or 0.07a drivers working with the 1.3.* kernels. I have however found that the 0.05 drivers work fine.
For more information look at Don Beckers home page at:
http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/
Oh, and let me know if you get 0.10 working !!
Thanks
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