Re: Ethernet trouble on Mac IIvi

[Michael Schmitz <MSchmitz@lbl.gov>]

Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> > > eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0x17, t=999.
> > > eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0x3, t=6500.
> > >
> > > Anybody know what is wrong?  Is our ethernet card really recognized?
> 
> > It seems happy. But the Mac isn't (level triggered Nubus interrupts as
> > soon as the NS8390 chip is probed). It disables the card interrupt in
> > the attempt to escape the interrupt flood.
> 
> > Add code to acknowledge and clear the card interrupt on the card. Maybe
> > it's enough to tweak the probe code to disable the interrupt in the
> > 8390 before anything else is done to the chip.
> 
> That would require rebuilding the kernel, right?  Problem is, without
> that ethercard working there is no way we can install the tools to do
> that :-(

You will have to rebuild the kernel, right. The required tools are in the 
distribution.

>   We installed a base system from the hard disk, but we don't have the
> space (163MB) to put on packages.  We were planning on installing from

163 MB is tight but you could probably do it. The 2.0 kernel source is
around 
35 MB IIRC. Just binutils, gcc and make won't take up all that much.

	Michael