Re: PnP support for Linux [PATCH]

Zlatko Calusic (Zlatko.Calusic@CARNet.hr)
14 Aug 1998 22:26:49 +0200


Sid Boyce <szb50@amdahl.com> writes:

> Funny thing, I have 2 boxes with 3c509b's installed, suddenly with this patch,
> ifconfig says packets on a ping between the two have been sent and replies
> received, but nothing shows up as returned.
> I can't NFS mount anything or get IP-forwarding to work. If I boot one box on
> 2.1.113, everything works fine. I've only tried this by re-booting just one
> machine.
> Both machines are using 2.1.115 + ac2 + diff-pnp when networking fails to work.
> tcpdump -i eth0 shows that one machine is recieving an "arp who has" with no
> replies seen, yet ifconfig says different, the other way round, the other
> machine doesn't see anything, the light for it on the Hub doesn't flicker, but
> ifconfig says it's receiving ........ weird or what ? The workaround does the
> job, so it's no bother at the moment.
> Regards
> --
> ... Sid Boyce...Amdahl(Europe)...44-121 422 0375
> -----------------------------------
> Any opinions expressed above are mine and do not necessarily represent
> the opinions or policies of Amdahl Corporation.
>

Huh, weird.

I'm not sure I'll be able to help you, 'cause I don't understand that
code very well. I just ported it, and made sure it works for my
AWE64. YMMV.

You could try to apply only diff-pnp or only ac2 and see where's the
problem.

Good luck!

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Posted by Zlatko Calusic           E-mail: <Zlatko.Calusic@CARNet.hr>
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