[eepro100] Twin laptops - one good NIC configuration - one bad

[John Sved]

Donald Becker wrote:
 >
 > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, John Sved wrote:
 >
 >
 >>>>How can the e100 driver be removed ?
 >>>>
 >>>Delete the entry from /etc/modules.conf
 >>>
 >>I removed all occurances in /etc/modules.conf, saved and restarted.
 >>
 >>The e100 entry in the boot.msg still appears.  No change to the
 >>indicated NIC status on the hub.
 >>
 >
 > When does the e100 driver message appear ?

 >
 > Run 'lsmod'.  The driver e100 driver should show up.

lsmod

shows e100   69272 Used 1 as the last item in the list.

 > If it doesn't, it might be built into the kernel.
 >
 >
 >
 >
In modules.conf

alias eth0 eepro100

appears at the end


In /etc/sysconfig/kernel
there was
INITRD_MODULES="e100"

I set this to

INITRD_MODULES=""

and rebooted
this had no apparent effect
the boot up on screen message ((from /var/boot.msg) still says

<5>Intel(R) PRO/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter - Loadable driver, ver 1.8.37
<5>Copyright (c) 2002 Intel Corporation
<5>
<5>eth0: Intel(R) 8255x-based Ethernet Adapter
<5>  Mem:0xfbfff000  IRQ:11  Speed:100 Mbps  Dx:Full
<5>  Hardware receive checksums enabled
<5>  cpu cycle saver enabled

During the boot up  the was also the message the e100 was loaded.


  From /var/log/messages


Jun 17 12:18:51 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down
Jun 17 12:18:55 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex
Jun 17 12:22:52 john1 ifup: Configuration 'ppp0' has STARTMODE=manual:
-> skipped
Jun 17 12:22:52 john1 ifup: 	As we are called from rcnetwork we do not set
it up, because
Jun 17 12:22:52 john1 ifup: 	it was not set up manually or by hotplug before.
Jun 17 12:23:02 john1 kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Jun 17 12:25:13 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down
Jun 17 12:25:19 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex
Jun 17 12:25:44 john1 kdm[854]: pam_unix2: session finished for user
root, service xdm


Jun 17 14:17:10 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down
Jun 17 14:17:12 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex
Jun 17 14:17:14 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down
Jun 17 14:17:18 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex


Jun 17 14:17:24 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down
Jun 17 14:17:28 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex
Jun 17 14:19:39 john1 smpppd[1187]: smpppd version 0.73 started
Jun 17 14:19:50 john1 ifup: Configuration 'ppp0' has STARTMODE=manual:
-> skipped
Jun 17 14:19:50 john1 ifup: 	As we are called from rcnetwork we do not set
it up, because
Jun 17 14:19:50 john1 ifup: 	it was not set up manually or by hotplug before.
Jun 17 14:21:03 john1 ifup: Configuration 'ppp0' has STARTMODE=manual:
-> skipped
Jun 17 14:21:03 john1 ifup: 	As we are called from rcnetwork we do not set
it up, because
Jun 17 14:21:03 john1 ifup: 	it was not set up manually or by hotplug before.
Jun 17 14:21:13 john1 kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Jun 17 14:21:32 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down
Jun 17 14:21:46 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex
Jun 17 14:22:12 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down


Jun 17 14:22:28 john1 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex

The UP DOWN messages appear frequently.  Are they a cause of the Hub
Link/Act LED flashing ?


Is IRQ11 "overused" ?

Dell No. 2 has eepro100 according to lsmod.

the /var/log/messages shows that eepro100 v1.09 is used  with eepro rev 
1.36.
a receiver lockup bug exists and -- enable work-around
plus addition information


First things first:  how the heck do we get rid of replace e100 with 
eepro100 ?



--JS