[ale] RH 8.0 won't recognize my NIC

[James P. Kinney III]

I'm pretty sure that IRQ 0 is a reserved one. It is usually linked with
the timer. This is what keeps te cpu in sync with the ram and chipset.

You can try passing some parameters to the module as it loads. I have 2
same maker nics and I separate them by passing hem IO ports in the
/etc/modules.conf

alias eth0 3c59x
options eth0 io=0xb800
alias eth1 3c59x
options eth1 io=0xb000

This also works for setting IRQ's. A common irq for nics is 5 and 10.


On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 07:41, Cameron Childress wrote:
> > Is there any output in the logs referencing the devices?
> 
> I got an offlist message to a similar effect, and this is what I replied...
> 
> Ohhh...  yeah - it's something about the irq settings I think.  After
> running dmesg, I found the following lines useful:
> 
> ohci1394: pci_module_init failed
> PCI: no IRQ known for inturrupt pin A of device 00:0b.0. Please try using
> pci=bioirq
> divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
> eth0: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xc384d000 00:09:5b:09:1c:9b, IRQ 0
> 
> Looks like it's picked up a valid IO, and the MAC addy, but can't assign it
> an irq for some reason.  Unfortunately, I am still not aware of how to fix
> the situation.  The bios in this machine is old as poo - wonder if that has
> anything to do with it?
> 
> I also ran modprobe, though I have a feeling I don't yet understand the
> commands, because it just paused and returned nothing.  I did, however, run
> lsmod, and natsemi is listed as a loaded module.
> 
> Got any additional pearls of wisdom?
> 
> -Cameron
> 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Geoffrey
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:29 AM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: Re: [ale] RH 8.0 won't recognize my NIC
> >
> >
> > Cameron Childress wrote:
> > > Yeah, that's the thing - I bought them today, so they are brand spanking
> > > new.  Came with Drivers for RH 6 and 7, but not 8.  The natsemi
> > mod should
> > > work though.  Any other ideas?
> >
> > Is there any output in the logs referencing the devices?
> >
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