[tulip] 21143 Quad Blues

[Johannes Walther]

Hi,

VIZADINI@lanier-europe.com schrieb:
> Hi, thanks for the responses (and apologies for the delay, i
> was out of the country)
> 
> In response to the 2 questions/suggestions: 
> 
> 1] i have tried using de4x5 (the one included with the 2.4.14
> kernel, as the netdrivers i downloaded from scyld.com didn't
> have a  de4x5 module)
> 
> The story is as follows: If i insmod -either- de4x5.o or
> tulip.o then i only get 1 interface (out of the 4), ie., only
> eth0; -however- if i insmod -both- de4x5.o and tulip.o, then i
> get eth0 and eth1.

hm, I have  

alias eth0 de4x5
alias eth1 de4x5
alias eth2 de4x5
alias eth3 de4x5
alias eth4 de4x5
alias eth5 de4x5
alias eth6 de4x5
alias eth7 de4x5

in my /etc/modules.conf and in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
this files:

-rw-------    1 root     root          119 Mai  8  2001 ifcfg-eth0
-rw-------    1 root     root          120 Mai  8  2001 ifcfg-eth1
-rw-------    1 root     root          120 Mai  8  2001 ifcfg-eth2
-rw-------    1 root     root          123 Mai  8  2001 ifcfg-eth3
-rw-------    1 root     root          117 Mai  8  2001 ifcfg-eth4
-rw-------    1 root     root          117 Mai  8  2001 ifcfg-eth5
-rw-------    1 root     root          117 Mai  8  2001 ifcfg-eth6
-rw-------    1 root     root          120 Nov  8  2001 ifcfg-eth7

in ifcfg-eth0


DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=10.81.1.3
IPADDR=10.81.1.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.252
NETWORK=10.81.1.0
ONBOOT=yes


in ifcfg-eth1


DEVICE=eth1
BROADCAST=10.80.10.255
IPADDR=10.80.10.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=10.80.10.0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static


and so on for other devices

> in this case, /etc/modules.conf has eth0 - eth3 aliased to tulip

I dont have tulip in my modules.conf....

> 2] the tulip card i'm using was purchased from BlackBox which is a 
> large-volume computer peripheral retailer here in Belgium, and the card carries their 
> brand (ie., it's a no-name brand). However, i have written down all the 
> information i could find on the chips that are on the card:

OK, my card is an adaptec with 4 ports...

[...]

> If anybody can provide some help on this matter, it would be much 

I hope this help

Hannes