Re: 2.5.1-pre11 de2104X tulip driver problem

[Johan Kullstam]

"really [e-mail]" <[e-mail]> writes:

> Just a tulip driver bug report:
> 
> i'm one of those dinosaurs using a 10base2 network and really
> old DLink-530 21040 and 21041 based ethercards.
> 
> This is what a recent kernel version (2.5.1-pre10) working
> tulip driver prints out when booting up:
> 
> kernel: tulip0: 21041 Media table, default media 0800 (Autosense).
> kernel: tulip0:  21041 media #0, 10baseT.
> kernel: tulip0:  21041 media #4, 10baseT-FDX.
> kernel: tulip0:  21041 media #1, 10base2.
> [...]
> kernel: eth0: Digital DC21041 Tulip rev 17 at 0xe0800f80, 21041 mode, 00:80:C8:3E:D0:BC, IRQ 12.
> [...]
> kernel: eth0: No 21041 10baseT link beat, Media switched to AUI.
> 
> Card still works on my 10base2 network even tho i haven't got
> an AUI port on the ethercard.
> ======================================================================
> 
> This is what the non working 2.5.1-pre11 tulip driver prints out:
> 
> kernel: de2104x PCI Ethernet driver v0.5.1 (Nov 20, 2001)
> kernel: de0: SROM-listed ports: TP
> kernel: eth0: 21041 at 0xe0800f80, 00:80:c8:3e:d0:bc, IRQ 12
> [...]
> kernel: eth0: set link 10baseT auto, mode 7ffc0040, sia 10c4,ffffef01,ffffffff,ffff0008
> kernel:                  set mode 7ffc0000, set sia ef01,ffff,8
> 
> ====================================================================

i have a DEC DE450 (based on 21041 AA chipset).  i guess, for
2104[01], tulip driver has been broken since 2.4.4 (yes, that's over
six months of brokeness).  yes, jeff garzik knows about it.  i've
emailed the list and sourceforge &c.

rememdies --

0) buy a new network card.

1) use the de4x5 driver instead.

2) use the older tulip driver 0.9.14.  download it from 
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/tulip/

if you go with 2, just download.  have /usr/src/linux be your linux
source (or a symlink to them).  go into tulip-0.9.14/src, make dep,
make.  then copy tulip.o into /lib/modules/2.[45].X/kernel/drivers/net/tulip
which replaces the kernels one.

best of luck.

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