insmod fails SiS900; No MII transceivers found!
Hi,
While using modconf to load the SiS900 driver on a friends desktop, I
receive the following error:
sis900.c: v1.06.09 09/28/2001
eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xede00, IRQ11, 00:d0:09: e1:7f:6e.
eth0: No MII transceivers found!
/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net/sis900.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/2.2.20-idepci/net/sis900.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net/sis900.o failed
I haven't added any parameters for the module insertion.
Does this point to a hardware fault on my friends desktop? Or should I
add parameters to the module insertion?
A google search result recommended I alter my BIOS setting so IRQ is not
allocated to PCI VGA. This failed to alter the error. The LAN is
enabled in BIOS.
I tried 2.4.18 kernel (sis900.c version 1.08.02) and the error remained.
I cannot ping with both computers running windoze, or the desktop
running windoze and the laptop with linux.
I have a fully functional network with my laptop and my own desktop,
using the same crossover cable.
The SiS900 is integrated, not PCI. I've installed Woody 3.0r0.
Any suggestions I'm grateful for.
Tim
[follows is relevant lspci -vvv]
00:01.1 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
10/100 Ethernet (rev 83)
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (13000ns min, 2750ns max)
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at de00
Region 1: Memory at f3ffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Expansion ROM at f3fc0000 [disabled]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=160mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable+ DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
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