[tulip-bug] DC21143 ip autoconfig not working

[Daniel C. Nurmi]

Thanks for the reply!

Here is an example of my detection message:

tulip.c:v0.91g-ppc 7/16/99 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
eth0: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 65 at 0xec00, 00:C0:F0:6A:5B:C1, IRQ 5.
eth0:  EEPROM default media type Autosense.
eth0:  Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21142 MII PHY (3) block.
eth0:  MII transceiver #1 config 3000 status 782d advertising 01e1.

And the card (more specifically) is: Kingston KNE100TX (The DEC chip is Intel
21143PD).

A (perhaps) related question is this:  is there a way to specify options to a
built in tulip driver?  Through modules, I could use the options= method but
I cannot determine how to do somthing similar for built in code.

Any information on these matters is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
-Dan

Donald Becker wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Daniel C. Nurmi wrote:
>
> > I've recently run into a problem with configuring a machine's
> > IP information on the kernel command line.  With the same kernel, the
> > card functions properly after the machine boots and uses a standard
> > 'ifconfig' line to set up the device.  If I give all of the machine's ip
> > information on the kernel command line via an 'nfsaddrs' option, the
> > system boots and reports correct 'IP Config' information, but is never
> > actually pingable.  The same kernel/configuration works if I put a
> > different ethernet board in the machine.  Has anyone run into a similar
> > problem or essentially tried to do a netboot with a DC21143 based board?
>
> What driver version are you using, and what is the detection information?
>
> Carefully read the detection message to verify the media type isn't being
> overridden.
>
> You'll need 091g or later to work with many 21143 implementations using a
> SYM transceiver.  Since this card works from the command line, this isn't
> obviously the problem.
>
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