Re: How to activate USR 7902 Gbit nic?

[Mart Frauenlob <mart.frauenlob@chello.at>]

Hello,

after many tries, i'm quite sure the driver 'r8169' included in debian 
kernel source is not working.

1: compile my own kernel, deactivate 'r8169' in menuconfig.
2: install driver from USR (make modules clean, make install, debmod -a).
--> works.

Now i would have two other questions.

1: would it be possible to integrate the driver into the kernel 
directly, not to load as LKM?

2: would it be possible to prepare the debian kernel source, so i have 
the USR driver for choice while menuconfig (eventually with option to 
compile directly into the kernel)?

Thank you for any help.

Greets Mart


Mart Frauenlob wrote:
> Hello,
>
> guess this is kind of a newbie question :/
>
> I have a Debian sarge [1] with several ethernet network interfaces.
> Most of them get detected at boot.
> But I also have two U.S.Robotics 7902 Gbit.
> I activated the module 'r8169' within /usr/sbin/modconf.
> It loads fine at boot or runtime, but I don't see any new interfaces 
> added [2]. There should be 6 interfaces.
> How do I activate the interfaces, so they show up as ethX ?
> Hardware config is shown in [3] & [4].
>
> Thank you for help :)
>
> Mart
>
>
> [1]
> uname -r: 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8
>
> [2]
> ifconfig -a:
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:CB:56:09:94
>           inet addr:192.168.66.2  Bcast:192.168.66.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::200:cbff:fe56:994/64 Scope:Link
> ...
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:CB:71:21:22
> ...
> eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:CB:56:08:38
> ...
> eth3      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:09:99:4A:65
> ...
>
> [3]
> lspci:
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0204
> 0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 1204
> 0000:00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 2204
> 0000:00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3204
> 0000:00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4204
> 0000:00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 7204
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge 
> [K8T800 South]
> 0000:00:08.0 Ethernet controller: U.S. Robotics: Unknown device 0116 
> (rev 10)
> 0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: U.S. Robotics: Unknown device 0116 
> (rev 10)
> 0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 
> 21142/43 (rev 41)
> 0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 
> 21142/43 (rev 41)
> 0000:00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 
> 21142/43 (rev 41)
> 0000:00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA 
> RAID Controller (rev 80)
> 0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
> VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> 0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge 
> [K8T800 South]
> 0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 
> [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
> 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
> 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
> 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
> 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown 
> device 3108 (rev 01)
>
> [4]
> discover -v:
> Loading XML data... ata pci pcmcia scsi usb Done
> Scanning buses... ata pci pcmcia scsi usb Done
> unknown unknown
> unknown unknown
> unknown unknown
> VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800
> unknown unknown
> VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800
> VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800 South]
> unknown unknown
> unknown unknown
> Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43
> Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43
> Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43
> VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller
> VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus 
> Master IDE
> VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800 South]
> VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II]
> Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport 
> Technology Configuration
> Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
> Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
> Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
> VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter