On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 16:58 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:02:06 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 18:50 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
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The 3c501 could be removed. You might want to investigate whether the Intel 82557/8/9 is supported and by what driver.
Should be the "e100" driver. According to the source code:
I. GeneralThe driver supports Intel(R) 10/100 Mbps PCI Fast Ethernetcontroller family, which includes the 82557, 82558, 82559,82550, 82551, and 82562 devices. 82558 and greater controllersintegrate the Intel 82555 PHY. The controllers are used inserver and client network interface cards, as well as inLAN-On-Motherboard (LOM), CardBus, MiniPCI, and ICHxconfigurations. 8255x supports a 32-bit linear addressingmode and operates at 33Mhz PCI clock rate.So verify that the "e100" driver is loaded via "/sbin/lsmod".
All right, making assurance doubly sure, I logged in using "su - root" *and* did cd before /sbin/lsmod.
I see columns labelled Module, Size, and Used by. "e100" is not mentioned in any of them -- and without a Net connection, I have no way to download anything. Can I get it off the CDs, as I must have been doing before?
It should have been installed by default. Verify that you have the following file on the system:
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko
(yes, those are graves or "backticks"--the other character on the "~" key). If you do have the file, then (as root via the "su -") try this command:
modprobe e100
to force the driver to load. Then run:
ifconfig -a
and see if eth0 doesn't magically show up. If it does, NOW you have a driver loaded and the NIC is seen. Add the line:
alias eth0 e100
to your /etc/modprobe.conf file and you should be good to go. Configure the NIC as you wish and "Bob's your Uncle!".
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