Bug#92919: no subject)

[Jeffery Kline <kline@math.wisc.edu>]

Yes.  You have saved us money and time - enable PNP is the fix.  This does
not appear in any documentation I found.

Thank you. 

--Jeff

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Hendrik Schaink wrote:

> Helllo Jeffery,
> 
> You, Jeffery Kline wrote:
> 
> > Package: kernel-image
> > Package: boot-floppies
> > Version: kernel versions 2.2.12 thru 2.2.18pre21
> >
> > Cannot install smc-ultra module. error includes:
> >
> > /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/smc-ultra.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> > /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/smc-ultra.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/smc-ultra.o failed
> > /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/smc-ultra.o: insmod smc-ultra failed
> >
> > We have the correct io and irq params from each card (collected from dmesg
> > while running slink and using the slightly different output we get when
> > using the DOS utilities disk) -- we get the same error with both insmod
> > (after installing 8390, of course) and modprobe. We have compiled new
> > kernels with smc-ultra.o module and compiled smc-ultra support into the
> > kernel. We have attempted every combination of io/irq settings available
> > with modprobe and insmod (even settings we knew to be incorrect). We have
> > tried using the safe-boot floppies.  We reported this bug last July.  Net
> > searches produce minimal help and offer no new suggestions.  Three of our
> > staff have tried to solve this problem since April 2000.
> >
> > We are stumped.
> >
> > The cards _do_ work with slink. We have about 15 machines we wish to
> > upgrade to potato.
> 
> We had very much the same experiences with our SMC8416 NICs. The solution we found that
> worked was to *turn on* the SMC8416 Plug-and-Play setting and use the ISApnp utilities to
> initialize the card(s). The downside of this solution: if you perform a reboot without
> powering down the computer, the isapnp utilities fail to initialize the SMC NICs, so a
> full power down must be performed every time a reboot is necessary. Our SMC NICs have been
> performing well.
> 
> Hope this helps you out.
> 
> Hendrik Schaink
> 
> 
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> Hendrik M. Schaink
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> 
> InfoVision Consulting  "Small Business Solutions & Dependable Service"
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> 
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