Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 08 Jan 2002 17:21:19 +0100 | From | Mike <> | Subject | Re: SiS900 driver after v.1.07.11 (==Linux 2.4.5) won't allow connect. |
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Darn, same problem as before; it gives me "Media Link ON 10mbps half-duplex" but now atleast dhcpcd doesn't fail. What's worse: I pinged my nameserver across the street and lost 10% of 19 pings. Dunno if "half-baked-duplex" is what does that...but I'm still forced to use 2.4.5 for now. :'-(
I wrote:
> Heh, just read about the 2.4.18pre1 sis900 patch, I wonder if that'll be > what it takes...I'm compiling it now. > Will reply with results. > Gtreets, Mike > > I wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I've got this weird problem, I know the problem is mine 'cuz the latest > > in 2.4.17 doesn't work either, and I don't think Linus would keep a bad > > copy of widely-used code in his kernel, right? ;-) > > Anyway, the hardware in question is an ECS K7S5A motherboard with a > > SiS735 chipset and on-board LAN. The only Realtek chip I see on the > > mainboard is one marked "RTL8201L". > > > > WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT WORKS (flawlessly): > > With a modular kernel 2.4.5 I simply 'modprobe sis900' and presto...I > > follow that with 'dhcpcd' and I'm on the 'net. Here's what syslog says: > > SiS900.c: v.1.07.11 4/10/2001 > > PCI: Assigned IRQ3 for device 00:03.0 > > eth0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 1 <<<-------!!!! > > eth0: Using transceiver found at address1 as default > > eth0: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ3, <MAC-address here> > > logger: (dhcpcd) IP changed to <IP-address here> > > > > WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT FAILS: > > With a modular kernel 2.4.6 or 2.4.13 or 2.4.17 I 'modprobe sis900' and > > get: > > SiS900.c: v.1.08.01 9/25/2001 <<<--------Some kernels differ accordingly > > in version and date. All >=1.08 fail. > > PCI: Assigned IRQ3 for device 00:03.0 > > eth0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1 > > eth0: Using transceiver found at address1 as default > > eth0: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ3, <MAC-address here> > > > > I follow this with 'dhcpcd' and syslog says: > > Media Link ON 10mbps half-duplex > > ....And my prompt hangs there until dhcpcd time-outs after 3 or 5 > > minutes... > > > > What am I missing here? Should I add some stuff to the 'modprobe sis900' > > string now?? > > And yeah, I've read all the relevant (?!) docs in the kernel sources. > > Also, linux-2.4.17/Documentation/networking/sis900.txt only goes up to > > v.1.07, shouldn't it reflect the current revision (1.08.01)?? > > > > I hope it's possible to just copy the old 2.4.5 source into the 2.4.17 > > dir (as you can tell: I've never done this) and compile. > > TIA for any help and greets! > > -Mike
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