Re: Successfull Etch install on a Multia

[Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>]

Hi Marc,

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 07:33:04PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Just tried on my spare multia (same VX40, 256MB RAM), and booted the
> latest daily image with success :

> >>>boot ewa0 -proto bootp -fl "console=ttyS0"
> (boot ewa0.0.0.8.0 -flags console=ttyS0)

[...]

> Too bad the installer the installer doesn't provide the de4x5 driver,
> as de2104x fails to properly run on the multia :

> eth0: enabling interface
> eth0: set link 10baseT-HD
> eth0:    mode 0xfffc0040, sia 0xffffffc5,0xffff8f01,0xffffffff,0xffff0000
> eth0:    set mode 0xfffc0040, set sia 0x8f01,0xffff,0x0
> eth0: disabling interface
> eth0: enabling interface
> eth0: set link 10baseT-HD
> eth0:    mode 0xfffc0040, sia 0xffffffcd,0xffff8f01,0xffffffff,0xffff0000
> eth0:    set mode 0xfffc0040, set sia 0x8f01,0xffff,0x0
> eth0: link up, media 10baseT-HD
> eth0: disabling interface
> eth0: timeout expired stopping DMA

> It would make sense to drop some drivers (znet, for example), and
> provide de4x5 instead... Even if de2104x gets loaded at boot time, one
> could manually unload it and force de4x5 loading... At the moment, I
> have to install another card in the Multia to be able to continue the
> installation.

Could you please let me know the PCI ID of the ethernet interface in this
system?  It may be too late to get this fixed for etch r0, but we might take
a stab at it for r1.

Thanks,
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