NIC help

[Åke Svensson]

> Från: "David McInnis" <david@dataovation.com>
> Svara till: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Datum: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 07:51:24 -0800
> Till: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Ämne: RE: NIC help
> 
> Where did you get the updated kernel from?  I assume that you are
> running YDL 2.1.
> 
> David


I downloaded kernel source at http://www.kernel.org/ and configured/compiled
myself. Go for 2.4.16-18 since some on this list have had problems with
2.4.19. I can recommend 2.4.16 and 2.4.17 for an Old World PPC like 7600.

Regards,

Ake
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf
> Of Åke Svensson
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 1:29 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: NIC help
> 
> Hi David!
> 
> I had the same problems too with my RTL8139 NIC but I think that there
> isn't
> any decent chip support until kernels 2.4.16 and upwards. I run both
> 2.4.16
> and 2.4.17 on two PPC 7600 with RTL8139 support compiled into the
> kernel.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ake Svensson
> 
>> Från: "David McInnis" <david@dataovation.com>
>> Svara till: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> Datum: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:20:15 -0800
>> Till: <realtek@scyld.com>, <linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.org>,
>> <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>> Ämne: NIC help
>> 
>> My setup is:
>> 
>> I am running YDL 2.1 with kernel 2.4.10-12a.
>> NIC is Macsense FE-551 using the realtek chipset (rtl8139).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> What is this error (logged to my /var/log/messages).
>> 
>> Mar 26 20:59:33 content kernel: eth1: Oversized Ethernet frame, status
>> 7265766c!
>> Mar 26 20:59:33 content kernel: eth1: Abnormal interrupt, status
>> 00000020.
>> 
>> Here are the preceding messages.
>> 
>> Mar 26 20:59:30 content network: Setting network parameters:
> succeeded
>> Mar 26 20:59:30 content network: Bringing up interface lo:  succeeded
>> Mar 26 20:59:30 content kernel: eth0: PHY ID: 0x00206071
>> Mar 26 20:59:30 content kernel: eth0: Found Broadcom BCM5411 PHY
>> (Gigabit)
>> Mar 26 20:59:31 content network: Bringing up interface eth0:
> succeeded
>> Mar 26 20:59:31 content kernel: eth1: Setting 100mbps full-duplex
> based
>> on auto-negotiated partner ability 45e1.
>> Mar 26 20:59:31 content network: Bringing up interface eth1:
> succeeded
>> Mar 26 20:59:32 content kernel: eth0: Link state change, phy_status:
>> 0x796d
>> Mar 26 20:59:32 content kernel: eth0:    Link up ! BCM54xx aux_stat:
>> 0xf534 (link mode: 5)
>> Mar 26 20:59:32 content kernel: eth0:    Full Duplex: 1, Speed: 100
>> Mar 26 20:59:33 content kernel: eth1: Oversized Ethernet frame, status
>> 7265766c!
>> Mar 26 20:59:33 content kernel: eth1: Abnormal interrupt, status
>> 00000020.
>> Mar 26 21:00:00 content CROND[6565]: (root) CMD (   /sbin/rmmod -as)
>> Mar 26 21:01:00 content CROND[6567]: (root) CMD (run-parts
>> /etc/cron.hourly)
>> 
>> 
>> David McInnis
>> 
>> 
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