linux (redhat 5+debian 2-) does not recognise MIATA network card !?!
Hi all,
I acquired a brand-new PWS500a in a "double boot" configuration (redhat 5.0
+ Windows NT). As is probably normal, it was delivered with Windows NT +
MILO on the disk and redhat in a box ... sic. Anyway, neither installation
of redhat 5.0 (using the "miata" kernel) nor of debian 2.0 (frozen) were
hard (for debian using the gatekeeper "miata-jan07" kernel), and I soon had
a running system (well, two :). I do, however, have two intriguing
problems (gory details below):
1. The network card is not responding in any way
2. Kernels later than 2.0.30 cannot see the SCSI disk partition table.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated; as should be apparent below I
already read all applicable HOWTO/FAQ/mail archivess etc. that I could find
at gatekeeper, Chris' Alpha page (I *love* that jumpin' penguin :), and
www.redhat.com (and I have several years of un*x sysadmin experience).
Let me be specific.
ad 1. The network card is recognised ok at boot, both by the AlphaBIOS,
MILO, and the Linux kernel, and it is known alright in the devices list.
Specifically: the BIOS knows it as a "Digital 21243-PB" card; MILO and the
kernel agree admirably on using the "tulip" driver as can be seen on the
attached output from dmesg and /proc/pci below. And the kernel really
*thinks* the network is up: ifconfig happily reports that all is well
(except nothing non-local gets transmitted, of course), yet (non-local,
numeric) ping merely sends its packages into the void with no response ...
I have tried the following, without success:
* all possible x in boot arguments of the form "ether=0,0,x,eth0" proposed
by Chris in a message early this month; this does not have any effect on
the tulip boot messages.
* recompiling the 2.0.30 kernel (with the latest gatekeeper 2.0.30 patches
applied, of course; I did not try this with the 2.0.32/3 kernels as
should be apparent below :).
* even compiling tulip as a module and loading it with "options=x".
* connecting another (linux) computer to the same RJ-cable
The card could be defect, of course ... but my experience with Linux is
that it is more likely that someone else solved the problem in software
(and that I just need to know about it :)
ad 2. Kernels 2.0.32 and .33 somehow don't see the SCSI disk even when the
driver is loaded. The QLogic ISP 1040B is recognised ok (well, as a 1020)
at boot, just as for the 2.0.30 kernel, but then "scsi: 0 hosts" are found
and (of course) no partitions and then the infamous "VFS: Could not mount
root partition 08:xx" message (which prevents me from including a copy :).
I attached a copy of the .config file used for the 2.0.32 kernel below
(since that is the only one where the gatekeeper patch applied almost
cleanly). Are there any hidden dependencies there?
Thanks in advance,
Kristoffer
PS. I did send the problem to redhat (under my fast-expiring 30 days
support) but no reply there yet, either.
Kristoffer Høgsbro Rose, Ph.D., prof.associé <Kristoffer.Rose@ENS-Lyon.FR>
Laboratoire de l'Informatique du Parallélisme équipe PLUME, bureau LR5-026
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon; 46, Allée d'Italie; F-69364 Lyon 07 cedex
phone: +33(0)4 7272 8642; fax:...8080 <http://www.ens-lyon.fr/~krisrose>
Command line: bootdevice= bootfile= root=/dev/sda8
Alpha PCI BIOS32 revision 0.03
Probing PCI hardware.
Console: 16 point font, 400 scans
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63)
Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 493.88 BogoMIPS
Memory: 385824k available
Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0
NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035.
Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IPIP
Linux version 2.0.30 (root@rabaud.ens-lyon.fr) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #32 Thu Apr 23 13:26:12 CEST 1998
PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver installed.
Sound initialization started
Sound initialization complete
Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 4096K size
loop: registered device at major 7
hda: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5702B, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 2.88M
Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2
FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
qlogicisp : new isp1020 revision ID (5)
scsi0 : QLogic ISP1020 SCSI on PCI bus 1 device 8 irq 0 base 0x9000
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: DEC Model: RZ1CC-BA (C) DEC Rev: 883F
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 8380080 [4091 MB] [4.1 GB]
tunnel: version v0.2b2
PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc.
PPP line discipline registered.
SLIP: version 0.8.4-NET3.019-NEWTTY (dynamic channels, max=256).
CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California.
NET3 PLIP version 2.2 gniibe@mri.co.jp
plip0: Parallel port at 0x3bc, using assigned IRQ 5.
tulip.c:v0.83 10/19/97 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
eth0: Digital DS21142/3 Tulip at 0x8800, 00 00 f8 75 b5 27, IRQ 24.
eth0: EEPROM default media type Autosense.
eth0: Index #0 - Media 10baseT (#0) described by a 21142 non-MII PHY (2) block.
eth0: Index #1 - Media 10baseT-FD (#4) described by a 21142 non-MII PHY (2) block.
eth0: Index #2 - Media 10base2 (#1) described by a 21142 non-MII PHY (2) block.
eth0: Index #3 - Media AUI (#2) described by a 21142 non-MII PHY (2) block.
eth0: Index #4 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21142 MII PHY (3) block.
eth0: MII transceiver found at MDIO address 5.
Partition check:
sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 >
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Adding Swap: 64216k swap-space (priority -1)
<sc 347(0,0,0)>kernel: unaligned trap at fffffc0000405864: fffffc00009ba4e1 29 16
kernel: unaligned trap at fffffc0000405864: fffffc00009ba4e1 29 16
eth0: MII monitoring tick: CSR12 c6, MII status 7829, Link partner report 0000.
eth0: No link beat on the MII interface, status then 7829 now 782d.
XF86_SVGA(145): unaligned trap at 0000000000000025: 00000001205625dc 29 2
XF86_SVGA(145): unaligned trap at 0000000000000029: 00000001205625dc 2d 2
hda: media changed
hda : tray open or drive not ready
hda : tray open or drive not ready
hda : tray open or drive not ready
hda : tray open or drive not ready
hda : tray open or drive not ready
hda : tray open or drive not ready
hda : tray open
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00, sector 0
HPFS: hpfs_read_super: Not HPFS
hda : tray open or drive not ready
hda : tray open or drive not ready
hda : tray open
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00, sector 0
man: unimplemented OSF mmap flags 0202
man: unimplemented OSF mmap flags 0202
VFS: Disk change detected on device 02:00
EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
PCI devices found:
Bus 1, device 8, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Q Logic ISP1020 (rev 5).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0x9000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xb100000.
Bus 0, device 20, function 0:
PCI bridge: DEC DC21152 (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=4.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x10100.
I/O at 0x22809190.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xb100b10.
I/O at 0x1fff0.
Bus 0, device 12, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Matrox Millennium II (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 32. Master Capable. Latency=32.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9000000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xa000000.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xa800000.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
Non-VGA device: Intel 82378IB (rev 67).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
IDE interface: CMD 646 (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
I/O at 0x8000.
Bus 0, device 3, function 0:
Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 48).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 24. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
I/O at 0x8800.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xb000000.
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KERNELD=y
#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NATIVE=y
CONFIG_ALPHA_MIATA=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_ALPHA_EV5=y
CONFIG_ALPHA_PYXIS=y
# CONFIG_ALPHA_SRM is not set
# CONFIG_KGDB is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_ECHO is not set
CONFIG_TGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_EM86=m
#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
#
# Additional Block Devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
# CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ALIAS is not set
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_RST_COOKIES=y
# CONFIG_IP_ACCT is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=y
#
# (it is safe to leave these untouched)
#
# CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set
CONFIG_INET_RARP=y
# CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
#
#
#
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_AX25 is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
CONFIG_SG_MAX_BUFSIZE=32
#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
#
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974=y
CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_OMIT_FLASHPOINT is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=y
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
CONFIG_PLIP=m
CONFIG_PPP=m
#
# CCP compressors for PPP are only built as modules.
#
CONFIG_SLIP=m
CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
# CONFIG_SLIP_SMART is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_MCA is not set
CONFIG_NET_EISA=y
# CONFIG_AC3200 is not set
# CONFIG_APRICOT is not set
# CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100B is not set
# CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set
CONFIG_DEC_ELCP=m
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
# CONFIG_ZNET is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
#
# Filesystems
#
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_XIA_FS=m
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
# CONFIG_SMB_WIN95 is not set
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
# CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_H8 is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_RTC=y
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# CONFIG_PAS is not set
# CONFIG_SB is not set
# CONFIG_ADLIB is not set
# CONFIG_GUS is not set
# CONFIG_MPU401 is not set
# CONFIG_UART6850 is not set
# CONFIG_PSS is not set
# CONFIG_GUS16 is not set
# CONFIG_GUSMAX is not set
# CONFIG_MSS is not set
CONFIG_SSCAPE=y
# CONFIG_TRIX is not set
# CONFIG_MAD16 is not set
# CONFIG_CS4232 is not set
# CONFIG_MAUI is not set
CONFIG_AUDIO=y
CONFIG_MIDI=y
# CONFIG_YM3812 is not set
SSCAPE_BASE=320
SSCAPE_IRQ=2
SSCAPE_DMA=1
SSCAPE_MSS_BASE=534
SSCAPE_MSS_IRQ=11
DSP_BUFFSIZE=65536
# CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set
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