Re: Sparc Classic Network truble

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 07/04/04, 18:52:36, "Christian Graf" <[email protected]> wrote=20
regarding [suse-sparc] Sparc Classic Network truble:


> I was trying to install SUSE-Linux 7.3 on my Sun Sparc Classic, which =
is
> connected to a scsi-cdrom.
> Everything works fine, but the ethernet doesn't. So I tried to make th=
e
> net-test during the system startup and the answer is:

> With a connection to a hub/router via a "standard" network cable, the
> external loopback (TPE) fails.
> With a connection to my laptop via a crossover network cable, the
> external loopback (TPE) succeeds.

> And this is the same with my Linux. I can login over ssh with a
> connection over my laptop but, with the router connection the system
> always tries to switch between TPE an AUI. Are there any possible
> solutions for this problem?

> Maybe the startup screen helps:

> SPARCclassic, No Keyboard
> ROM Rev. 2.12, 32 MB memory installed, Serial #7359074.
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:19:2b:b7, Host ID: 80704a62.


> Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma/esp/sd@0,0   File and args:
> SILO boot:
> Uncompressing image...
> PROMLIB: obio_ranges 1
> Booting Linux...
> PROMLIB: Sun Boot Prom Version 3 Revision 2
> Linux version 2.2.20 ([email protected]) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
> 19990314/Lux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Mon Nov 12 11:03:05 GMT 2001
> ARCH: SUN4M
> TYPE: SPARCclassic
> Ethernet address: 8:0:20:19:2b:b7
> Boot time fixup v1.6. 4/Mar/98 Jakub Jelinek ([email protected]).
> Patching kerl for srmmu[TI Tsunami]/iommu
> [0]: v[f0000000,f1fb3000](1fb3000) p[00000000]
> SRMMU: Compact physical memory. Using strightforward VA<->PA
> translations.
> Found CPU 0 <node=3Dffd3b790,mid=3D0>
> Found 1 CPU prom device tree node(s).
> Power off control detected.
> Calibrating delay loop... 49.86 BogoMIPS
> Memory: 30132k available (1292k kernel code, 908k data, 128k init)
> [f0000000,f00000]
> Dentry hash table entries: 4096 (order 3, 32k)
> Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k)
> Page cache hash table entries: 8192 (order 3, 32k)
> Inode hash table entries: 4096 (32k), inode-max: 4057
> VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
> POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
> IOMMU: impl 4 vers 1 page table at f1f40000 of size 262144 bytes
> sbus0: Clock 25.0 MHz
> dma0: Revision 2
> dma1: Revision 2
> Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
> Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
> NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
> NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
> IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
> TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 32768 bhash 32768)
> IPVS: Connection hash table configured (size=3D4096, memory=3D32Kbytes=
)
> Initializing RT netlink socket
> Starting kswapd v 1.5
> Sparc Zilog8530 serial driver version 1.41.2.9
> tty00 at 0xffee9004 (irq =3D 44) is a Zilog8530
> tty01 at 0xffee9000 (irq =3D 44) is a Zilog8530
> tty02 at 0xffee4004 (irq =3D 44) is a Zilog8530
> tty03 at 0xffee4000 (irq =3D 44) is a Zilog8530
> keyboard: not present
> Console: ttyS0 (Zilog8530)
> pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
> Sun Mouse-Systems mouse driver version 1.00
> RAM disk driver initialized:  16 RAM disks of 120000K size
> loop: registered device at major 7
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=3D256, MAX_REAL=3D12
> raid5: measuring checksumming speed
> raid5: trying high-speed SPARC checksum routine
>    SPARC     :    17.145 MB/sec
>    8regs     :    14.859 MB/sec
>    32regs    :    13.335 MB/sec
> using fastest function: SPARC (17.145 MB/sec)
> esp0: IRQ 36 SCSI ID 7 Clk 40MHz CCF=3D8 TOut 167 NCR53C9XF(espfast)
> ESP: Total of 1 ESP hosts found, 1 actually in use.
> scsi0 : Sparc ESP100A-FAST
> scsi : 1 host.
>   Vendor: QUANTUM   Model: XP39100S          Rev: LYJ5
>   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>   Vendor: CyberDrv  Model:  CD-ROM TW240S    Rev: 1.40
>   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom 1 SCSI disk total.
> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11
> esp0: target 0 [period 100ns offset 15 10.00MHz FAST SCSI-II]
> SCSI device sda: hdwr sector=3D 512 bytes. Sectors=3D 17772544 [8678 M=
B]
> [8.7 GB]
> sunlance.c:v1.12 11/Mar/99 Miguel de Icaza ([email protected])
> eth0: LANCE 08:00:20:19:2b:b7
> eth0: using auto-carrier-detection.
> eth0: warning: overriding option 'tpe-link-test?'
> eth0: warning: mail any problems to [email protected]
> Partition check:
>  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
> md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) =3D 4104
> autodetecting RAID arrays
> autorun ...
> ... autorun DONE.
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> INIT: version 2.78 booting
> Running /etc/init.d/boot
> Mounting /proc device
> done
> Boot logging started on /dev/ttyS0(/dev/console) at Wed Apr  7 20:03:1=
9
> 2004
> Activating swap-devices in /etc/fstab...
> Adding Swap: 65528k swap-space (priority 42)
> done
> Checking file systems...
> fsck 1.24a (02-Sep-2001)
> /dev/sda4: clean, 26662/1101056 files, 112974/2200576 blocks
> /dev/sda1: clean, 24/4096 files, 2643/16384 blocks
> done
> Mounting local file systems...
> proc on /proc type proc (rw)
> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=3D0620,gid=3D5)
> /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
> done
> Activating remaining swap-devices in /etc/fstab...
> done
> Setting up the CMOS clock
> done
> Setting up timezone data
> done
> Setting up loopback device
> done
> Setting up hostname
> done
> Running /etc/init.d/boot.local
> done
> Creating /var/log/boot.msg
> done
> wrong console number
> Enabling syn flood protection
> done
> Disabling IP forwarding
> done
> INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
> Boot logging started on /dev/ttyS0(/dev/console) at Wed Apr  7 20:03:4=
8
> 2004
> Master Resource Control: previous runlevel: N, switching to runlevel:3=

> Initializing random number generator
> done
> Setting up network device eth0
> eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
> done
> Starting hotplugging services [ usb ]
> done
> Setting up routing (using /etc/route.conf)
> done
> Starting SSH daemon
> done
> IPv6 v0.8 for NET4.0
> IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
> Starting syslog serviceseth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI

> done
>   syslogd: /dev/tty10: No such device
> eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
> eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
> Starting service at daemon:
> done
> Starting Name Service Cache Daemon
> done
> Starting CRON daemon
> done
> Starting inetd
> done
> Starting httpd [ ]
> done
> Master Resource Control: runlevel 3 has been
> reached


> Welcome to SuSE Linux 7.3 (SPARC) - Kernel 2.2.20 (ttyS0).



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At the ok prompt set "tpe-link-test?" to true.  It may help, I had to do=
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this to get my Sparc 5 network connection to work.


				Regards Ian Donaldson

Newtownards
Northern Ireland
[email protected]=20