Fwd: Lost Network connection after kernel recompile on G4
Hi
I found the answer on a Debian-User post as follows:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:46:09 -0400
Kevin McKinley <ronin2@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 19:05:23 +1000
Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> wrote:
In addition to the other suggestions you've received, it's possible
you
didn't include support for DHCP in your kernel. It's in the
'networking
options' section of menuconfig.
This may be misleading to kernel config newbies, since there isn't an
option
for supporting DHCP.
The options are CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER, and they are the
first and
sixth options in the Network options section of the kernel config.
I hadn't included Socket_Filtering - I did so, recompiled and Hey
Presto DHCP works ;-)
Regards
Clive
Begin forwarded message:
From: Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>
Date: Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:53:01 pm Etc/GMT
To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Lost Network connection after kernel recompile on G4
Hi
I have a PowerMac G4 (Gigabit ethernet) 450Mhz dual processor. It has
been working fine on the LAN using the standard 2.4.18 kernel.
Currently I'm still dual booting (MacOSX) using Yaboot 1.3.8.
I recompiled the kernel for SMP support and after a couple of tries
the new kernel compiled and installed successfully. However, I seem
to have lost network connectivity - I can't ping the Router which is
also the DHCP server. I haven't found a way to post the output from
dmesg to the Mac side so that I could attach it but I believe the
relevant entries are as follows:
eth0 PHY ID 0x00206047
<snip>
(last four lines of dmesg below)
eth0 Found Broadcom BCM5400 PHY Gigabit
eth0 Link state change, phy_status: 0x616d
eth0 Link up ! BCM54xx aux_stat: 0xf534 (link mode: 5)
eth0 Full Duplex: 1, Speed: 100
The above would suggest that ethernet is working fine. I went back to
menuconfig to check that I hadn't missed a vital networking ingredient
and compiled again but no improvement resulted.
As I've now recompiled twice, I seem to have lost the original kernel
configuration to get back to where I was before - so I'm a bit stuck
;-(
Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.
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