[tulip] - Newbie - Problems with installing the tulip.o modul

Poly poly@mail.sisna.com
Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:52:10 -0600


Hi David,
Sorry the change of OS did not help.  That means you have to go through the whole IRQ conflict document.  I did that also at some point.  At first it was kind of too much at the same time, but it makes more sense now.  I wish someone can elaborate more on that document and comment on some common case.

Before you dive into that, let's say that you are facing a problem that has many layers:
1. IRQ
2. Drivers
3. Network Configuration
and it also have to be solved in that order 1,2,3.  So, you first have to focus on solving the step 1.  I hope that the IRQ conflict document will help you solve the problem (read it carefully), if it doesn't and you need more help
http://www.scyld.com/expert/irq-conflict.html
then type the following commands and print out the result in to this mailing list.

dmesg | eth0

cat /proc/pci

cat /proc/interrupts 
 
It might also help to know what machine you have, someone out there might have the exact same machine.  Thanks.

Poly.



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: David Kramer <dkramer@Interelate.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:53:19 -0500 

>Poly,
>
>Thanks for the tip. I am receiving the same error IRQ assigned to IRQ 0.  I
>went into my system BIOS and changed the SO type to other.  I also
>unassigned IRQ 3, from the modem.  Unfortunately after making these changes
>I am still receiving the same error.  After you changed your OS type was
>there anything else that you did to make it work? 
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>David  
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Poly [mailto:poly@mail.sisna.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 8:21 AM
>To: David Kramer
>Cc: tulip@scyld.com
>Subject: Re: [tulip] - Newbie - Problems with installing the tulip.o
>module fo
>
>
>Hi David,
>
>I have struggled with a similar problem for some time.  For a long time,
>netconf was telling me that my card was active while in fact it wasn't.
>ifconfig was also giving me the 
>SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
>SIOCADDRT: Network is down
>In my case, the problem was, there was no IRQ assigned (IRQ 0). You know
>that from doing 
>cat /var/log/messages | grep eth0  
>or dmesg | grep eth0  
>on a fresh install.  If it gives a value for IRQ other than 0, then youur
>problem is different.  Forget about this e-mail.  If it gives IRQ 0, it
>means you don't have an IRQ assigned.
>
>I was suggested many things to try in order for the system to assign an IRQ
>to the card.  Finally I had to make one change in my BIOS.  My computer has
>a place where the OS=Win95/98... with the option of changing that to
>Win2000, or NT or Other.  I changed that to Other, and my computer (which is
>dual boot) works well as a Windows98, or a Linux machine.  I hope this
>helps.  I still have to learn about the theory behind all that, but it did
>work for me a lot of frustration.  Thanks.
>
>Poly.
>
>
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: David Kramer <dkramer@Interelate.com>
>Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:15:15 -0500 
>
>>I am new to Linux and using the tulip.o drivers.  All of my drivers and
>>headers files are the most recent from the SCYLD website.  I have compiled
>>my Tulip.c and pci-scan.c files I think correctly (used commands from the
>>end of the file).  However, when I run the depmod -a command from the net
>>modules directory I receiving an error message back:  
>>
>>modprobe: not an ELF file
>>modprobe: not an ELF file
>>
>>When I use the Depmod command seperately on the pci-scan.o it seems to work
>>fine, but when I depmod tulip.o I get back an unresolved symbol(s) message.
>>I dont understand what this is telling.  
>>
>>Now when I modprobe both the tulip and the pci-scan and then use the lsmod
>>command both show up, the pci-scan is used by the tulip but the tulip isnt
>>used yet.  After this I run the ifconfig command but my eth0 doesnt show.
>>When I use the ifup command on eth0 I receive the following error message:
>>
>>SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
>>SIOCADDRT: Network is down
>>
>> I am really not sure what else to do and Linksys tech support isnt much
>>help.  If anyone could provide any insight I would GREATLY appreciate it.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>David Kramer
>>
>>dkramer@Interelate.com
>>www.interelate.com
>>
>>
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