Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:57:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:57:27 -0500 Received: from kullstam.ne.mediaone.net ([66.30.137.210]:37512 "HELO kullstam.ne.mediaone.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:57:20 -0500 From: "Johan Kullstam" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.1-pre11 de2104X tulip driver problem In-Reply-To: <20011213150346.A31843@Sophia.soo.com> Organization: none Date: 13 Dec 2001 17:57:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20011213150346.A31843@Sophia.soo.com> Message-ID: Lines: 58 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "really mason@soo.com" writes: > Just a tulip driver bug report: > > i'm one of those dinosaurs using a 10base2 network and really > old DLink-530 21040 and 21041 based ethercards. > > This is what a recent kernel version (2.5.1-pre10) working > tulip driver prints out when booting up: > > kernel: tulip0: 21041 Media table, default media 0800 (Autosense). > kernel: tulip0: 21041 media #0, 10baseT. > kernel: tulip0: 21041 media #4, 10baseT-FDX. > kernel: tulip0: 21041 media #1, 10base2. > [...] > kernel: eth0: Digital DC21041 Tulip rev 17 at 0xe0800f80, 21041 mode, 00:80:C8:3E:D0:BC, IRQ 12. > [...] > kernel: eth0: No 21041 10baseT link beat, Media switched to AUI. > > Card still works on my 10base2 network even tho i haven't got > an AUI port on the ethercard. > ====================================================================== > > This is what the non working 2.5.1-pre11 tulip driver prints out: > > kernel: de2104x PCI Ethernet driver v0.5.1 (Nov 20, 2001) > kernel: de0: SROM-listed ports: TP > kernel: eth0: 21041 at 0xe0800f80, 00:80:c8:3e:d0:bc, IRQ 12 > [...] > kernel: eth0: set link 10baseT auto, mode 7ffc0040, sia 10c4,ffffef01,ffffffff,ffff0008 > kernel: set mode 7ffc0000, set sia ef01,ffff,8 > > ==================================================================== i have a DEC DE450 (based on 21041 AA chipset). i guess, for 2104[01], tulip driver has been broken since 2.4.4 (yes, that's over six months of brokeness). yes, jeff garzik knows about it. i've emailed the list and sourceforge &c. rememdies -- 0) buy a new network card. 1) use the de4x5 driver instead. 2) use the older tulip driver 0.9.14. download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/tulip/ if you go with 2, just download. have /usr/src/linux be your linux source (or a symlink to them). go into tulip-0.9.14/src, make dep, make. then copy tulip.o into /lib/modules/2.[45].X/kernel/drivers/net/tulip which replaces the kernels one. best of luck. -- J o h a n K u l l s t a m [kullstam@mediaone.net] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/