[vortex] Regarding the installation of 3c59x

[Anup Pemmaiah]

Hello Everyone,
        I am facing difficulties while installing the 3c59x driver for the 
second time.I have a 3c905 NIC. The version of linux kernel is 2.4(RH- 7.3). I 
downloaded the pci-scan.* and 3c59x.c files from the scyld website. First time 
when I install the pci-scan.o and 3c59x.o modules with the "insmod" command, 
the driver gets installed, dhcp gets called and everything works fine. I stop 
the driver by "/etc/rc.d/init/network stop" or "/sbin/ifdown eth0". Then I 
remove the modules using "rmmod". Again if I install the driver with "insmod" 
the modules gets installed but packets are not transmitted, giving a host 
error. I have to restart the machine to make it work again. Apart from 
removing the modules using "rmmod", should I do anything else. Should I do any 
clean up procedures or is there any other way to install and remove modules. 
Any help will be greatly appreciated.


-----Kernel messages after Installing 3c59x for the first time-----------

Nov 12 11:52:57 localhost kernel: 3c59x.c:v0.99X 6/21/2002 Donald Becker, 
becker@scyld.com
Nov 12 11:52:57 localhost kernel:   http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
Nov 12 11:52:57 localhost kernel: eth0: 3Com 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at 
0xdc80,  00:c0:4f:ae:6c:eb, IRQ 11
Nov 12 11:52:57 localhost kernel:   8K buffer 3:5 Rx:Tx split, MII interface.
Nov 12 11:52:57 localhost kernel:   MII transceiver found at address 24, 
status 786f.
Nov 12 11:52:57 localhost kernel:   Using bus-master transmits and whole-frame 
receives.
Nov 12 11:52:57 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup eth0
Nov 12 11:53:58 localhost dhcpcd[9443]: terminating on signal 15 
Nov 12 11:53:58 localhost dhcpcd[9443]: dhcpStop: ioctl SIOCSIFADDR: 
Inappropriate ioctl for device 
Nov 12 11:53:58 localhost dhcpcd[9443]: dhcpStop: ioctl SIOCSIFFLAGS: 
Inappropriate ioctl for device 
Nov 12 11:53:58 localhost network: Shutting down interface eth0:  succeeded
Nov 12 11:53:58 localhost network: Shutting down loopback interface:  
succeeded
Nov 12 11:54:07 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not 
supported


-----Kernel messages after Installing 3c59x for the Second time-----------

Nov 12 11:54:35 localhost kernel: 3c59x.c:v0.99X 6/21/2002 Donald Becker, 
becker@scyld.com
Nov 12 11:54:35 localhost kernel:   http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
Nov 12 11:54:35 localhost kernel: eth0: 3Com 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at 
0xdc80,  00:c0:4f:ae:6c:eb, IRQ 11
Nov 12 11:54:35 localhost kernel:   64K buffer 1:1 Rx:Tx split, 
autoselect/10baseT interface.
Nov 12 11:54:35 localhost kernel:   MII transceiver found at address 24, 
status 786f.
Nov 12 11:54:35 localhost kernel:   Using bus-master transmits and whole-frame 
receives.
Nov 12 11:54:47 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
Nov 12 11:54:47 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
Nov 12 11:54:47 localhost sysctl: kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
Nov 12 11:54:47 localhost network: Setting network parameters:  succeeded
Nov 12 11:54:47 localhost network: Bringing up loopback interface:  succeeded
Nov 12 11:54:48 localhost ifup: Determining IP information for eth0...
Nov 12 11:54:48 localhost kernel: eth0: Host error, status e803, FIFO 
diagnostic register 0000.
Nov 12 11:54:48 localhost kernel: eth0: PCI bus error, bus status 00a00029, 
reset had 2000 tick left.
Nov 12 11:54:48 localhost kernel: eth0: Host error, status 8003, FIFO 
diagnostic register 2000.
Nov 12 11:54:48 localhost kernel: eth0: PCI bus error, bus status 00000000, 
reset had 1999 tick left.
Nov 12 11:55:15 localhost dhcpcd[9828]: terminating on signal 2

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Anup Pemmaiah 
435-512-0935(mobile)
anup_pemmaiah@yahoo.com
pemmaiah@cc.usu.edu
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