[yellowfin] GNIC II Driver

[Keith Underwood]

Hmm...  Well, you said the 2.4 kernel version doesn't work at all ;-)
I am out of town right now, but I will try two cards in a machine on
Tuesday with the 2.2 driver.

				Keith

On Fri, 4 May 2001, shreenivasa HV wrote:

> So you are sure that it works fine for 2.2, i.e., it can support multiple
> cards. Please let me know soon coz' I need to put back 2.2 in all those
> machines. I needed to use diffserv and 2.4 had a good support for diffserv.
> I might have to figure out the patch of diffserv for 2.2.
> So please let me know soon if you are sure that it works for multiple cards
> on 2.2.
>
> Thanks,
> shreeni.
>
>
> >From: Keith Underwood <keithu@parl.clemson.edu>
> >To: shreenivasa HV <shreenihv@hotmail.com>
> >CC: <yellowfin@scyld.com>
> >Subject: Re: [yellowfin] GNIC II Driver
> >Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 08:40:33 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >Hmmm...  Well, I didn't make the 2.2 -> 2.4 update.  Apparently the person
> >who did it didn't do it right...  I'll try to look into it one of these
> >days...  no time right now.
> >
> >				Keith
> >
> >On Tue, 1 May 2001, shreenivasa HV wrote:
> >
> > > Does the driver which comes with kernel 2.4 work fine???? It never works
> >for
> > > me for a simple setup of two machines connected thru' corss-over. Also,
> >I
> > > have never been able to get two cards in a single machine working. If
> >anyone
> > > has any idea about it do post it.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Shreeni.
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Keith Underwood <keithu@parl.clemson.edu>
> > > >To: shreenivasa HV <shreenihv@hotmail.com>
> > > >CC: <yellowfin@scyld.com>
> > > >Subject: Re: [yellowfin] GNIC II Driver
> > > >Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:32:33 -0400 (EDT)
> > > >
> > > >Hmmm... Unsure if they actually build the module in the stock distro
> >for
> > > >that kernel.  Also not sure if kudzu (their new hardware detection
> >thing)
> > > >would detect it one way or the other.  It's entirely possible the
> >driver
> > > >module was there and just needed to be inserted...
> > > >
> > > >					Keith
> > > >
> > > >On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, shreenivasa HV wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Well, it never recognized my card when the card was inserted for the
> > > >first
> > > > > time.
> > > > > Any tweeking needed?? And I have made it sure that it's not the
> >problem
> > > >with
> > > > > the card, PCI slot, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >From: Keith Underwood <keithu@parl.clemson.edu>
> > > > > >To: shreenivasa HV <shreenihv@hotmail.com>
> > > > > >CC: <yellowfin@scyld.com>
> > > > > >Subject: Re: [yellowfin] GNIC II Driver
> > > > > >Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 17:29:27 -0400 (EDT)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >The driver distributed in the 2.2.16 kernel should work fine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >				Keith
> > > > > >
> > > > > >On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, shreenivasa HV wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > I was trying to install the Packet Engines GNIC-II gigabit
> >ethernet
> > > >card
> > > > > > > onto some of my Linux systems. I am running Redhat Linux 7.0
> >with
> > > >kernel
> > > > > > > version 2.2.16. The systems are P-III 600MHz. I have connected
> >two
> > > > > >systems
> > > > > > > which have the GNIC-II cards to each other through a cross-over
> > > > > > > optical-fibre cable. I downloaded the driver available from the
> > > >Scyld
> > > > > >site -
> > > > > > > http://www.scyld.com/network/modules.html and exactly followed
> >the
> > > > > > > instructions. Also I inserted the PCI-SCAN and HAMACHI modules.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > When I try to ping one machine from another after 15 pings the
> >ping
> > > > > > > program hangs consistently. In each machine I have added a
> >static
> > > >route
> > > > > >to
> > > > > > > the other machine as the IP gateway.
> > > > > > > I even tried to ssh between them, but that again hangs during
> >log
> > > >on. It
> > > > > > > seems like only the first few packets go through.
> > > > > > > After some time the receiving end starts showing this error
> >message.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "eth1: Hamachi transmit timed out, status 00003803"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Has anyone had any similar problems and does anyone know of a
> >fix
> > > >for
> > > > > >this?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Shreeni.
> > > > > > >
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Keith Underwood                   Parallel Architecture Research Lab (PARL)
keithu@parl.clemson.edu                                  Clemson University