Linux kernel 2.0.35 and Intep EEPro 10+/100B/100+

Scott Stone sstone@ume.pht.co.jp
Wed Sep 30 04:31:06 1998


On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Nikica Petrinic wrote:

> Dear Scott,
> 
> Thanks again. Still no luck :( .
> 
> I made eepro100 a module by changing only three things in make xconfig:
>   1) enabled modules support
>   2) enabled CONFIG_KERNELD
>   3) changed from Y to M for EEPro
> and recompiled kernel and made/installed modules.
> 
> - I checked if the dirver ended up in /lib/modules/2.0.35/net - positive.
> - I checked if /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit is 'clever' enough to know about loading
>   modules at boot - positive.
> - I checked that /etc/conf.modules contains 'alias eth0 eepro100' - positive
> 
> I attached the things I recorded following various advice I collected over the 
> last few days. I am not panicking just as yet - but I'm getting there.
> 
> Nik
> 
> output from ifconfig
> ------------------------------
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3584  Metric:1
>           RX packets:233 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>           TX packets:233 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:C9:C7:32:6A
>           inet addr:163.1.9.124  Bcast:163.1.9.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>           TX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:31
>           Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe4e0 

It's like I said before - your kernel is configured correctly - your
problem lies somewhere else, such as your TCP/IP settings, your hub, your
cabling, or something of that nature.

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