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Re: Debian 2.1 on Quadra800 (Ethernet does not work)?



> >This question hasn't come up in a few weeks so a fresh answer might be in
> >order (insert obFAQ hint here).
> I tried to find answers in the FAQs I found on the CD and on
> http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org, but wasn't successful. Probably my fault?

Yep. There's a mailing list archive for this list at www.debian.org, and
there's list archives for linux-mac68k as well. See the respective web
sites. 
 
> >"don't disable VBL interrupts" option in the booter. It defaults to on but
> >needs to be off for Nubus interrupts to work.
> Thanks for the hint, but it doesn't make any difference.

Too bad. As I said: I've had the same machine running with both 2.0.36 and
2.1.x. You can try a 2.2 kernel; Sonic got backported to 2.0.36 rather
late. 

> I'm using the built-in Ethernet (no Nubus card - or is this just a
> on-the-mainboard-Nubus-card?).

It just uses the Nubus interrupt (slot 9). It's not accessed via Nubus I/O
(the Sonic is smarter than the SCSI controller, it does do DMA). 

> Any more ideas? Any tests I could run to check the ethernet driver from Linux?

There was a macsonic=x,y,z kernel option and one of the x,y,z set the
debug level (1-6 with increasing levels of verbosity). Disappeared in
2.2.10 or before. 

	Michael



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