[yellowfin] GNIC II Driver

[Keith Underwood]

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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> > > >keithu@parl.clemson.edu                                  Clemson
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Keith Underwood                   Parallel Architecture Research Lab (PARL)
keithu@parl.clemson.edu                                  Clemson University