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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 16:40:58 +0100
From: Mike <maneman@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: SiS900 driver after v.1.07.11 (==Linux 2.4.5) won't allow connect.
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Heh, just read about the 2.4.18pre1 sis900 patch, I wonder if that'll be
what it takes...I'm compiling it now.
Will reply with results.
Gtreets, Mike

I wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've got this weird problem, I know the problem is mine 'cuz the latest
> in 2.4.17 doesn't work either, and I don't think Linus would keep a bad
> copy of widely-used code in his kernel, right?  ;-)
> Anyway, the hardware in question is an ECS K7S5A motherboard with a
> SiS735 chipset and on-board LAN. The only Realtek chip I see on the
> mainboard is one marked "RTL8201L".
>
> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT WORKS (flawlessly):
> With a modular kernel 2.4.5 I simply 'modprobe sis900' and presto...I
> follow that with 'dhcpcd' and I'm on the 'net. Here's what syslog says:
> SiS900.c: v.1.07.11 4/10/2001
> PCI: Assigned IRQ3 for device 00:03.0
> eth0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 1 <<<-------!!!!
> eth0: Using transceiver found at address1 as default
> eth0: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ3, <MAC-address here>
> logger: (dhcpcd) IP changed to <IP-address here>
>
> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT FAILS:
> With a modular kernel 2.4.6 or 2.4.13 or 2.4.17 I 'modprobe sis900' and
> get:
> SiS900.c: v.1.08.01 9/25/2001 <<<--------Some kernels differ accordingly
> in version and date. All >=1.08 fail.
> PCI: Assigned IRQ3 for device 00:03.0
> eth0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1
> eth0: Using transceiver found at address1 as default
> eth0: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ3, <MAC-address here>
>
> I follow this with 'dhcpcd' and syslog says:
> Media Link ON 10mbps half-duplex
> ....And my prompt hangs there until dhcpcd time-outs after 3 or 5
> minutes...
>
> What am I missing here? Should I add some stuff to the 'modprobe sis900'
> string now??
> And yeah, I've read all the relevant (?!) docs in the kernel sources.
> Also, linux-2.4.17/Documentation/networking/sis900.txt only goes up to
> v.1.07, shouldn't it reflect the current revision (1.08.01)??
>
> I hope it's possible to just copy the old 2.4.5 source into the 2.4.17
> dir (as you can tell: I've never done this) and compile.
> TIA for any help and greets!
> -Mike

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