Question about driver for IA64 2.6.9 kernel

"R N" <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:08:45 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.tulip.general
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<DIV class=RTE>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>I recently compiled 2.6.9 kernel and tried running it on my IA64 system (Integrity rx5670 system).&nbsp; My network card stopped working.&nbsp; The problem seems to be in the tulip driver.&nbsp; Here is an excerpt from the /var/log/messages file:</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><FONT face="Courier New, Courier, Monospace"><STRONG>Dec 13 14:39:34 nslabs06 kernel: tulip0:&nbsp; EEPROM default media type Autosense.<BR>Dec 13 14:39:34 nslabs06 kernel: tulip0:&nbsp; Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21142 MII PHY (3) block.<BR>Dec 13 14:39:34 nslabs06 kernel: tulip0: ***WARNING***: No MII transceiver found!<BR>Dec 13 14:39:34 nslabs06 kernel: eth1: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 65 at 0xc0000000b0040000, 00:30:6E:4A:59:3E, IRQ 59.<BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>In 2.4.21-EL (Redhat kernel), this card appears to be DECchip 21142/42 and works fine.</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>I have one more curious observation:&nbsp; When the system comes up with the card disabled in the network settings, the lights in the card (and the router port it is connected to)&nbsp;are on.&nbsp; As soon as I try to activate the card (which calls "ifup eth1") they go out, and the command says "... failed. No link present". Of course the cable is connected.</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>The version of the driver is whatever I got from ia64-linux.org (which eventually takes you to kernel.org).</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Can someone please indicate why this card is not working in 2.6.9?</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Thanks!</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>-Rahul</DIV>
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