Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Mar 1996 20:12:49 -0700 (MST) | From | Derrik Pates <> | Subject | Re: SMC Etherpower PCI card not responding |
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On Thu, 14 Mar 1996, Liam Hudson wrote:
> 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. > > Try the DE4X5 drivers, and edit the CONFIG file in linux/drivers/net on the DE4X5_OPTS line so that the options read:
DE4X5_OPTS= -DDE4X5_DEBUG=1 -DDE4X5_AUTOSENSE=0x4000 -DIS_NOT_DEC
We just set up a Linux box with an Etherpower PCI using this setup, and it works beautifully.
Derrik Pates dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu -- Win95 isn't the problem - OS/2 and DOS are. Win95 is the answer. -- also -- Linux is the answer to the same problem.
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