[vortex] eth1: 3Com Vortex at 0x6000, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, IRQ 3 :(

[Hans-Peter Jansen]

jon707@kollegiegaarden.dk wrote:
> 
> i have a EISA 3c597-TX that doesnt work. I suspect it is because it gets
> the MAC address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.

Oh, well, you're experiencing an eisa config problem. I nailed
my last eisa board on the wall. Can't tell you, how to get your
eisa setup right under linux. I remember those huge, ugly and
cryptic dos configurators. I would suspect, that /etc/conf.modules
is your friend.

Good luck
hp
 
> I've looked at http://www.scyld.com/network/kern_compat.h
> in which i found
> http://www.scyld.com/network/updates.html
> http://www.scyld.com/expert/modules.html
> http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
> 
> >From http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html downloading
> mii-diag i get this when i run it.
> 
> mail:~# ./mii-diag eth1
> Basic registers of MII PHY #0:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
>   No MII transceiver present!.
> 
> So, on http://www.scyld.com/expert/modules.html i read
> "What if the card is detected with a ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff station address?"
> 
> None of the errors i read there can be for me, because
> 1) it's an OLD AT mb, so power off is power off, no warm booting here
> 2) the mb does have pci, but the card is EISA, not pci.
>    (i cant check the bios, as there is no bios on the mb)
> 3) might be broken pcibios, but the card isnt pci.
> 
> So i decided to try the suggestion of using the latest driver.
> On http://www.scyld.com/network/updates.html
> i read "Installing Individual Drivers"
> But when ever i try to compile 3c59x.c i get
> 
> pony:/usr/src/modules# cc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c
> 3c59x.c
> 3c59x.c:89: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from 3c59x.c:112:
> kern_compat.h:42: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory
> kern_compat.h:142: unterminated `#else' conditional
> 
> So, now i'm writing for help.
> My system to run at is:
> dual p100, 48 MB fpm memory (anyone in denmark that has more fpm memory ??)
> dpt scsi raid controller.
> running debian potato and kernel Linux mail 2.2.18pre21 #1 Sat Nov 18
> 18:47:15 EST 2000 i586 unknown
> The mb is an old old one, possibly one of the first dual pentiums.
> 
> compiling machine:
> dual p200mmx, 128 ram, tyan tomcat IV mb.
> 
> If the new driver doesnt work, can i FORCE a solution through, by setting
> and using a different MAC address than FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF ??
> 
> ion++
> 
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