Re: Sun Ultra 1, Happy Meal Ethernet and 2.4.18

[Sebastian Niehaus <killedbythoughts@mindcrime.net>]

Hi,

simon <simon.guinot@laposte.net> writes:

> Sebastian Niehaus wrote:

> > I just installed Debian on a Sun Ultra 1 Creator 3d. The Sarge imags
> > I
> 
> > got dind't detect my cdrom drive so I used Woody which worked quite
> > well.
> > One Problem I experience now is the hanging HappyMeal syndrome which 
> > seems to be common in 2.4.18. Since I am going to upgrade to a Sarge
> > kernel: has this Item been fixed in 2.4.27?
> >
> do you have this messages ?
> eth0: Link has been forced up using internal transceiver at 10Mb/s, Half
> Duplex.

Not exactly. It's like

,----
| Apr  3 19:46:46 plasmatic kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
| Apr  3 19:46:50 plasmatic kernel: eth0: Link is up using internal transceiver at 100Mb/s, Full Duplex.
| Apr  3 19:49:02 plasmatic kernel: eth0: Link is up using internal transceiver at 100Mb/s, Full Duplex.
| Apr  3 19:50:50 plasmatic kernel: eth0: Link is up using internal transceiver at 100Mb/s, Full Duplex.
`----

Well, the date should been fixed now. Although it says the link is up
the box has no network conectivity.


[...]

> Rq : if your Sun is not connected to a host but to a bus, a hub or a
> switch (some switch can be configured)... you have a problem :)

Its a cheap switch...
 

> there is no signifiant difference between the happymeal driver for
> 2.4.18 and 2.4.27...

what a pity :(

Thanks!


Sebastian