Realtek 8139 in Dec Alpha Multia

Mark E. Dunlap mdunlap@s1.ds.net
Wed Sep 8 16:40:07 1999


Quick question that may save me hours of digging into something I probably
don't understand anyway.  I am a C program, but not a Kernel hacker.

I put a generic card, using the Realtek 8139 chip set, into a Dec Alpha
Multia.  A noname thing with a PCI card slot.  When I try to use
the 8139 card, I get the following error randomly.

"kernel: unaligned trap at fffffc000035c1ec: fffffc000200007e 28 1"

Configration:
Dec Alpha Multia (166Mhz) 48Mb Memory.
Linux RedHat 5.2
Kernel: 2.0.36-3
Noname PCI 10/100 Card.  Locked at 10Mbps Full-Duplex.
rtl8139.c: 1.08 (Compiled as a module)
Compiler: gcc version egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs-1.0.3 release)

# insmod /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/rtl8139.o
# ifconfig 192.168.50.1
# route add -net 192.168.50.0
# ping 192.168.50.2
# dmesg | tail
rtl8139.c:v1.08 6/25/99 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
eth1: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0x8000, IRQ 15, 00:00:e8:68:13:b0.
kernel: unaligned trap at fffffc000035c1ec: fffffc000200007e 28 1
kernel: unaligned trap at fffffc000035c1ec: fffffc00020000ea 28 1
kernel: unaligned trap at fffffc000035c1ec: fffffc0002000156 28 1
kernel: unaligned trap at fffffc000035c1ec: fffffc00020001c2 28 1
kernel: unaligned trap at fffffc000035c1ec: fffffc00020006d2 28 1
kernel: unaligned trap at fffffc000035c1ec: fffffc0002000716 28 1

I get a lot of flakying things with this no-name alpha, so it is probably
something bizzar with the PCI driver, not the card.

Thanks for any help.

Mark E. Dunlap  mailto:mdunlap@ds.net
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