Bug#332962: tulip module no longer works on a500
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:52:48PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Grant Grundler wrote:
> > I realize now that the 2.6.12 "cat /proc/ioports" output in this
> > bug (332962) doesn't list sym53c8xx driver.
> > Is there maybe something fundemental wrong with module loading?
> > ie can sym53c8xx driver be loaded?
>
> I'm booting 2.6.12 with the d-i netboot install image, and since there's
> no network, it's not downloaded the disk drivers yet.
Netboot install uses a different initrd than the regular install?
To do a basic install, one needs to load the drivers that control storage.
Given the size problems with the initrd, I find it hard to believe
that sym2 driver wouldn't be included.
> If you really need to know if sym53c8xx loads ok, I can make a
> custom netboot image that includes the module and try to load it though..
If that's the only way...
...
> Sorry, didn't realize the log was quite that broken. Here's a better
> one. Unfortunatly, without a network (and no CD drive on my a500 either),
> I'm limited to copy and paste.
that's perfect! thanks!
>
> ~ # dmesg
> Linux version 2.6.12-1-parisc64 (buildd@sarti) (gcc version 4.0.2 (Debian 4.0.1-9)) #1 Tue Sep 27 12:08:15 UTC 2005
> FP[0] enabled: Rev 1 Model 16
> The 64-bit Kernel has started...
> Initialized PDC Console for debugging.
> Determining PDC firmware type: 64 bit PAT.
> model 00005d50 00000491 00000000 00000001 214e297e 100000f0 00000008 000000b2 00
> 0000b2
> vers 00000301
> CPUID vers 18 rev 11 (0x0000024b)
> capabilities 0x1
> model 9000/800/A500-5X
> Total Memory: 2048 MB
ok. looks good.
...
> Kernel command line: preseed/url=http://chicken/~joey/d-i/preseed/test-net.cfg r
> oot=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=8734 console=ttyS0 TERM=vt102 palo_kernel=0/linux
Is this ramisk size big enough?
Wasn't the reccomendation to use 32MB?
...
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 380k freed
> Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.13 (December 15, 2004)
> ~ #
Can you add "tulip_debug=4" to the "modprobe tulip" command?
> I can also give out remote access to this machine including the console
> BTW.
If this gets tedious for you, yes please. Please list what you need
to know and send that the to me offlist. Otherwise, I expect we
should be able to debug this with just console output.
thanks,
grant
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