[yellowfin] GNIC II Driver

[Keith Underwood]

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