Re: tulip.c + Netgear FA511 + RH9 + 2.4 kernel + Omnibook 800CT = nothing back

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Jon Fairbairn wrote:

> On 2003-08-14 at 13:40EDT Donald Becker wrote:
> > Run 'tulip-diag -a' after the interface is started, 
>   tulip-diag.c:v2.06 1/8/2001 Donald Becker ([email protected])
...
>    Interrupt sources are pending!  CSR5 is fc674055.
>      Tx done indication.
>      Tx out of buffers indication.
>      Link passed indication.
>      Rx Done indication.
>      Early Rx indication.

That's just what you should expect when  IRQs are not getting through.

> > and watch for changing counts on IRQ 5 in /proc/interface
> /proc/interrupts?

Me bad.  Yes.  /proc/interrupts.

> No changes! I've seen at most two interrupts (which might be
> inserting the card), but no increase when pinging.
..
> > My first guess is that you have an IRQ problem, which
> > might be the PCMCIA (really "CardBus") control code.
> 
> Seems likely given the above. What now?

Very carefully read the PCMCIA+CardBus information in the kernel message
logs.  The answer is probably there.

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