[vortex] 3c900B-TPO Etherlink XL Card - Many Problems...

[Dave DellaCosta]

Hey Bogdan,
Yes, I compiled the driver in kernel (chose 'Y'),
I knew what you meant...however, it looks
like there was another problem...

Your comment

> This is very bad! No driver should stop here...

gave me pause.  I took the card out,
put it back in again, made sure it was
in very firmly, restarted linux, and,
bam, it worked.  It was just a little loose,
that is all.

I feel kind of stupid right now.

Well, live and learn, I guess.  At least I
have learned a bit about where to find the
type of diagnostic information that I might
need in the future, and I know a good place
to ask for help should I have an _actual_
problem some other time.  Thanks very much
for your help, Bogdan, and I promise to 
check the card's seating next time first!!

Thanks again,
Dave DellaCosta


Bogdan Costescu wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Dave DellaCosta wrote:
> 
> > > Do you have in /etc/conf.modules
> > > alias eth0 3c59x ?
> > > When you compiled the kernel, did you specify 3c59x as a module or
> > > in-kernel ?
> > No (to answer a few questions at once...); I
> > installed the driver as a integral part of
> > the kernel initially, and then I tried to
> > load the driver after I downloaded the new
> > one and compiled it.  Neither worked...maybe
> > I should try to re-compile the kernel without
> > the in-kernel driver, and load the module...?
> 
> No, what I meant was: when you included your network driver in the kernel
> compilation, did you say "Y" or "M" (which translates into being compiled
> in the kernel "image" or being compiled as a module) ?
> 
> > 3c59x.c:v0.99H 27May00 Donald Becker
> > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
> >
> > -That's it; nothing else about it.
> 
> This is very bad! No driver should stop here... There should be some info
> about card type and settings.
> 
> > In the meantime, I have tried to pass in
> > arguments to the ethernet card, using lilo
> > (ether=11,0,eth0).  Didn't work, nothing
> > even showed up at boot time.  Just the same
> > message as above, as always.
> 
> You can pass kernel parameters through lilo if the network driver is
> compiled in-kernel (or in the kernel "image", I don't know how to express
> this clearly). If you have the network driver compiled as module, you can
> pass options through /etc/conf.modules or on the command line of
> insmod/modprobe.
> Anyway, it should not be necessary to pass options for detecting the
> interface. Can you post the relevant part of /proc/pci ?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Bogdan Costescu
> 
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