[tulip-bug] Problem with update

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:29:00 -0400 (EDT)
Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> 
> > I have a system with a DEC 21143 chip. It has been working fine
> > with the tulip driver in linux kernel 2.2.14 (v0.91g-ppc).
> > I have just updated the OS to one with linux kernel 2.4.13
> > (0.9.15-pre8), and the new driver no longer works with the same
> > hardware.
> 
> This is a common problem.
> You have a 21143 with a SYM transceiver.  The modified tulip driver in
> the kernel didn't work through most of the 2.4 kernel series with the
> 21143+SYM.   You must use the driver from
> 
>  http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html
>     ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/tulip.c

I will play with this. I did a compile and, when I loaded it, the system
hung. Maybe it is how I compiled it. I will try some more.

> > Both OS are Caldera Linux releases. The working one is eD 2.4, and the
> > non-working one is OL 3.1.1. I don't think this is the issue, as the
> > tulip driver seems unchanged in both.
> 
> You should ask Caldera why they are shipping non-working drivers...

They did the same for the IEEE 1394 driver.


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