Re: dead amd pc-net32 PCI: help!

Max Klohn (amk@span.ch)
Tue, 04 Aug 1998 12:09:38 +0200


I noticed I am getting the following message at boot, just after the
initialization of the amd pcnet32 netcard:
(for memory: RH5.1, failed detection at first install script, driver manually
installed after, fails pings and shows TX errors, but "sees" the wire with
tcpdump)

SIOCADDRT: invalid argument

and /var/log/messages reports in this place this deeply informative message:

installed 0

I hypothetize this would evoke a route failing to be added?

however /sbin/route gives me:
------------------------
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
localnet * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 4 eth0
loopnet * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 6 lo
------------------------

so everything looks normal here... something must be happening at a lower level?

I tried grepping the /etc/ tree for a string SIOCADDRT but it isn't there, must
be a system message
Where in the initialization scripts could this be happening?

Max

Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 04:11:21AM +0200, Max Klohn wrote:
> > *Took out the AMD PCI netcard, popped in an old NE2000 ISA board, configured
> > kernel to run it as a module, it got recognized and... same problem as with
> > the pcnet32, no pings and it reports TX errors. so it must be something with
> > the config! but where?
>
> the pcnet32 card traces don't show any problem. Have you swapped the network
> cable ? The carrier errors might indicate a problem in that direction.
>
> Thomas.
>
> --
> See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux,
> you have to be a sneaky bastard too ;-)
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