[tulip] - Newbie - Problems with installing the tulip.o module fo

[Poly]

Hi David,

I have struggled with a similar problem for some time.  For a long time, netconf was telling me that my card was active while in fact it wasn't.  ifconfig was also giving me the 
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
SIOCADDRT: Network is down
In my case, the problem was, there was no IRQ assigned (IRQ 0). You know that from doing 
cat /var/log/messages | grep eth0  
or dmesg | grep eth0  
on a fresh install.  If it gives a value for IRQ other than 0, then youur problem is different.  Forget about this e-mail.  If it gives IRQ 0, it means you don't have an IRQ assigned.

I was suggested many things to try in order for the system to assign an IRQ to the card.  Finally I had to make one change in my BIOS.  My computer has a place where the OS=Win95/98... with the option of changing that to Win2000, or NT or Other.  I changed that to Other, and my computer (which is dual boot) works well as a Windows98, or a Linux machine.  I hope this helps.  I still have to learn about the theory behind all that, but it did work for me a lot of frustration.  Thanks.

Poly.




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: David Kramer <dkramer@Interelate.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:15:15 -0500 

>I am new to Linux and using the tulip.o drivers.  All of my drivers and
>headers files are the most recent from the SCYLD website.  I have compiled
>my Tulip.c and pci-scan.c files I think correctly (used commands from the
>end of the file).  However, when I run the depmod -a command from the net
>modules directory I receiving an error message back:  
>
>modprobe: not an ELF file
>modprobe: not an ELF file
>
>When I use the Depmod command seperately on the pci-scan.o it seems to work
>fine, but when I depmod tulip.o I get back an unresolved symbol(s) message.
>I dont understand what this is telling.  
>
>Now when I modprobe both the tulip and the pci-scan and then use the lsmod
>command both show up, the pci-scan is used by the tulip but the tulip isnt
>used yet.  After this I run the ifconfig command but my eth0 doesnt show.
>When I use the ifup command on eth0 I receive the following error message:
>
>SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
>SIOCADDRT: Network is down
>
> I am really not sure what else to do and Linksys tech support isnt much
>help.  If anyone could provide any insight I would GREATLY appreciate it.
>
>Thanks,
>
>David Kramer
>
>dkramer@Interelate.com
>www.interelate.com
>
>
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