[eepro100-bug] init failure with Intel PRO/100 S Dual Port Server Adapter (82557)

[Donald Becker]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Ben Low wrote:

> The hardware + software:
>  - onboard Intel 82820 ("PRO/100 VE") (PCI ID 8086:2449)
>  - dual 82557 "Intel PRO/100 S Dual Port Server Adapter" (PCI ID 8086:1229)
>  - eepro100 driver in virgin 2.4.18 kernel
...
> # modprobe eepro100
> eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
> eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others
 ...
> eth1: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0xff00, check settings before activating this device!
> eth1: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF, IRQ 11.

The EEPROM could not be read.

What does 'eepro100-diag -eee' report?
  http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html

... I'm guessing that the driver from scyld.com works, while the one in
the kernel has the problem.

 http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
    ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/eepro100.c

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