Hi everybody?
Did I find a bug in FC3 test 1 or did I something wrong? This is my story:
I downloaded the DVD iso image to a webserver and I tried to do a network install of FC3 test1 on a PII@350MHz, 387 MB ram and plenty of diskspace. After I selected the source (either FTP or HTTP) the install program asked for a network adapter. I selected the NE 1000/2000 and specified the parameters io=0x340 irq=4 which are correct. But the install program complains there's no such device. Strange, because when I went back the NE1000/2000 option was disappeared.
Anyway, I decided to do a harddisk install after I copied the iso image to my harddisk (so the NE2000 works!). After installation, FC3 had not installed my NE2000. I started the Network configuration tool, again I selected "NE1000 NE2000 and compatible" and specified the correct parameters. And FC3 refused to load the ne.ko file. Here is what showed up in /var/log/messages:
Aug 18 19:13:41 localhost kernel: 88 3f 03 05 00 40 ed 9c d9 f2 9c ae b4 b0 84 03 e4 11 02 be c4 00 a0 a6 ed 4f 55 87 06 fc ec 33 b9 97 68 d4 3c 70 cd 02 f9 0c e0 00 a0 cc 33 35 82 f2 27 ce 16 2a 39 29 29 23 37 b8 92 32 9e 5b f3 Aug 18 19:13:41 localhost kernel: be c4 75 4b b2 d0 dd b8 bc 17 89 93 5d d0 8e 96 bf 88 b1 aa Aug 18 19:13:41 localhost kernel: 88 3f 03 05 00 40 ed 9c e2 f2 9c ae b4 b0 84 03 e4 11 02 6c 62 00 9c 0e e7 15 e7 25 75 04 2a bf 0a 4e 6a 31 c7 22 a2 c8 22 40 d6 00 9d 16 de dc a4 8a c3 16 35 19 14 54 0a 7d a2 c4 e8 05 72 cb 69 Aug 18 19:13:41 localhost kernel: 6c 62 a1 38 b7 b1 6b aa 4f 14 28 4c f2 24 69 ec f8 5f e4 88 Aug 18 19:13:41 localhost kernel: ne: Unknown parameter `" irq' Aug 18 19:13:41 localhost kernel: ne.c: You must supply "io=0xNNN" value(s) for ISA cards. Aug 18 19:14:10 localhost kernel: 88 3f 03 05 00 40 ed 9c e2 f2 9c ae b4 b0 84 03 e4 11 02 6c 62 00 9c 0e e7 15 e7 25 75 04 2a bf 0a 4e 6a 31 c7 22 a2 c8 22 40 d6 00 9d 16 de dc a4 8a c3 16 35 19 14 54 0a 7d a2 c4 e8 05 72 cb 69 Aug 18 19:14:10 localhost kernel: 6c 62 a1 38 b7 b1 6b aa 4f 14 28 4c f2 24 69 ec f8 5f e4 88 Aug 18 19:14:10 localhost kernel: ne: Unknown parameter `" io' Aug 18 19:14:10 localhost kernel: ne.c: You must supply "io=0xNNN" value(s) for ISA cards.
After that (I left the network configuration tool open) I did insmod ne.ko io=0x340 irq=4 and the module loaded without warnings:
Aug 18 19:19:07 localhost kernel: 88 3f 03 05 00 40 ed 9c e2 f2 9c ae b4 b0 84 03 e4 11 02 6c 62 00 9c 0e e7 15 e7 25 75 04 2a bf 0a 4e 6a 31 c7 22 a2 c8 22 40 d6 00 9d 16 de dc a4 8a c3 16 35 19 14 54 0a 7d a2 c4 e8 05 72 cb 69 Aug 18 19:19:07 localhost kernel: 6c 62 a1 38 b7 b1 6b aa 4f 14 28 4c f2 24 69 ec f8 5f e4 88 Aug 18 19:19:07 localhost kernel: ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com) Aug 18 19:19:07 localhost kernel: Last modified Nov 1, 2000 by Paul Gortmaker Aug 18 19:19:07 localhost kernel: NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x340: 52 54 40 25 2f 22 Aug 18 19:19:07 localhost kernel: eth%%d: NE2000 found at 0x340, using IRQ 4. Aug 18 19:19:07 localhost hal.hotplug[3849]: waiting for net info at /class/net/eth0 Aug 18 19:19:07 localhost hal.hotplug[3849]: Dont know how to wait for net at /class/net/eth0; sleeping 1000 ms
I went back to the network configuration tool and configured the eth0 interface for DHCP. I rebooted the computer and everything work fine.
Does somebody know what's wrong?
Kind regards, Roland Leurs
On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 08:06:55PM +0200, Roland Leurs wrote:
program asked for a network adapter. I selected the NE 1000/2000 and specified the parameters io=0x340 irq=4 which are correct. But the install program complains there's no such device. Strange, because when I went back the NE1000/2000 option was disappeared.
Bugzilla that bit
Aug 18 19:13:41 localhost kernel: 88 3f 03 05 00 40 ed 9c d9 f2 9c ae b4 b0 84 03 e4 11 02 be c4 00 a0 a6 ed 4f 55 87 06 fc ec 33 b9 97 68 d4 3c
These are harmless (accidental printk)
Am Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:06:55 +0200 hat Roland Leurs roland.leurs@home.nl (Roland Leurs) folgendes geschrieben:
Hi everybody?
Did I find a bug in FC3 test 1 or did I something wrong? This is my story:
I downloaded the DVD iso image to a webserver and I tried to do a network install of FC3 test1 on a PII@350MHz, 387 MB ram and plenty of
diskspace. After I selected the source (either FTP or HTTP) the install program asked for a network adapter. I selected the NE 1000/2000 and specified the parameters io=0x340 irq=4 which are correct. But the install program complains there's no such device. Strange, because when I went back the NE1000/2000 option was disappeared.
Hi, am i right that you want to install an ISA NE2000 card? This is even not possible with Fedora Core 2. The kernel module for such device is missing. When i remember correctly, the module is missing not only in the installation kernel, it is also missing in the installed kernel. You have to install Core 3 and the kernel source and make your own kernel. But it sounds to be better to do this not on your P 350.
On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 06:54, Jörn Rink wrote:
Hi, am i right that you want to install an ISA NE2000 card? This is even not possible with Fedora Core 2. The kernel module for such device is missing. When i remember correctly, the module is missing not only in the installation kernel, it is also missing in the installed kernel. You have to install Core 3 and the kernel source and make your own kernel. But it sounds to be better to do this not on your P 350.
Hello,
Yes it's true I want to install an ISA NE2000 card. If that isn't possible it should not appear on the list of available drivers (IMHO). But the strange thing is that it seems to load without warnings (on installation and installed kernel), except the installation and configuration tools don't know it. As I wrote in my message, after installing and configuring the NE2000 manually, it runs fine. No problem anymore.
As Alan Cox suggested, I made a new record in Bugzilla. We'll see what happens. For me it's not urgent anymore. Just for other people with a similar configuration.
Kind regards, Roland Leurs