Re: network card problem
On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 19:59, Richard Weil wrote:
> I tried this and still no progress ... I think the
> problem must be from the cards using the same I/O
> address. I noticed that on bootup, before the first of
> two error messages related to eth1, it says:
>
> SIOCSIFADDR
>
> and then before the 2nd error:
>
> SIOCSIFNETMASK
>
> COuld this give an indication to the problem?
>
> Richard
>
> --- Truong <tphuong@wol.be> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, Richard
> >
> > I don't know if it could help you but I got the same
> > problem to put my
> > second nic recognized by the kernel 2.2.19. By
> > default, the kernel would
> > only use one nic (eth0) . I said by "default" this
> > means the feature .
> > That was I learned from
> > <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/> few month
> > ago. Go there to get better advices.
> >
> > I don't know whether if it's still remain in kernel
> > 2.4.x .
> >
> > Assume that you have the module 3c509.o on linux-box
> > .
> > So, if you use lilo to boot then put this line in
> > /etc/lilo.conf
> >
> > --------
> > append="ether=0,0,eth1"
> > --------
> >
> > Next, add this two line in the file
> > /etc/modules.conf
> >
> > --------
> > alias eth0 3c509
> > alias eth1 3c509
> > --------
> >
> > Then you reboot and see if the kernel could detect
> > the two cards
> > (by reading /var/log/messages or by command
> > "ifconfig -a")
> >
> > If somebody could give a better help .
> >
> > Have fun !
> >
> >
> > % *** Richard Weil wrote: ***
> > % I installed the 3c5x9utils package as suggested
> > and I
> > % think it's indicating the problem, but I'm not
> > sure
> > % how to interpret the results (or what to do about
> > it).
> > % I run the diagnostic and it finds both cards. The
> > % output is approx.:
> > %
> > % Generating the activation sequence on port 0x100
> > for
> > % card 1
> > % Activating the card at I/O address 300
> > % EEPROM contents: [a list]
> > % An ISA Etherlink III board was activated at I/O
> > 0x300,
> > % IRQ 5
> > % eth0: 3c509 found at 0x300
> > % Window [0: ... 7:]
> > %
> > %
> > % Generating the activation sequence on port 0x100
> > for
> > % card 2
> > % Activating the card at I/O address 300
> > % EEPROM contents: [a list, different from above]
> > % An ISA Etherlink III board was activated at I/O
> > 0x300,
> > % IRQ 10
> > % eth0: 3c509 found at 0x300
> > % Window [0: ... 7: (different from above)]
> > %
> > % So, it seems to be finding both cards at the
> > different
> > % IRQs and configuring them both as eth0 at 0x300
> > % (whatever that means). The 3c5x9utils package
> > includes
> > % a setup utility, but I'm not sure what to change.
> > Any
> > % suggestions? Thanks.
> > %
> > % Richard
> > %
> > % > I'm running testing with a Debian 2.4.12 kernel.
> > Any
> > % > help is appreicated. Thanks.
> > % > >
> > % > > Richard
> > % >
> > % > The cards may be setup for using the same
> > resources.
> > % > Use 'el3diag' from the
> > % > 3c5x9utils package. This only reports the
> > settings,
> > % > to change them you
> > % > would need the DOS utility for the card.
Get the dos utility and a windows 9x bootdisk. Just configure it all
manually. I had to do this for 41 cards for a cluster of 20 machines.
I just set them to 0x300 irq 10 and 0x310 irq 7 which worked for me. I
even have one machine with 3 in it 3rd is 0x320 and 5, all machines
detect all three cards with the one module loading when properly
configured with the NIC pnp off and my bios(s) to pnp-os=none.
--mike
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