Re: update eepro100 driver
Wei Keong <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.drivers.eepro100.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi, I would like to know how to update the eepro100 driver by compiling together with the kernel. Please help me out as my servers are giving a lot of problems lately. Rgds, Wei Keong On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Wei Keong wrote: > Hi Donald, > > I would like to update my system (kernel 2.4.18, loadable modules not > enabled) eepro100 driver. I did not manage to update using the rpm method > or the method below. > > I am thinking of putting the source files of netdrivers.tgz into the > kernel source and recompile the kernel. > > Will this work? > Is there any changes need to be made on the source files? > > Please advise. > > Rgds, > Wei Keong > > > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Donald Becker wrote: > > > On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Graeme Robinson wrote: > > > > > I'm new to the list and due to the lack of a search engine on the list > > > archives I'm posing this question here. Is there a module for this Intel > > > Pro card 82562ET? > > > > Yes. It uses the eepro100 driver > > http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html > > ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/eepro100.c > > > > You can load the updated driver with > > > > mkdir /tmp/netdrivers/ > > cd /tmp/netdrivers/ > > ncftp ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/netdrivers.tgz > > tar xfvz netdrivers.tgz > > make > > make install > > > > If the card is not detected your card might have an unusual PCI ID set. > > If so, send the output of 'lspci'. > > > > > The card is onboard an Intel chipset motherboard (D845). > > > I had heard problems with these onboard NICs had been overcome but not > > > with my installed server. Can anyone point me to a module that might work? > > > > Be certain to run 'eepro100-diag -ee' first to clear the sleep mode: > > http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html > > ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/diag/ > > > > > > -- > > Donald Becker [email protected] > > Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com > > 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters > > Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > eepro100 mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.scyld.com/mailman/listinfo/eepro100 > > > >