Re: netgear f312 (natsemi) under 2.5.75

timothy parkinson (t@timothyparkinson.com)
Sat, 12 Jul 2003 04:14:04 -0400


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apologies for replying to myself...

the solution to this problem (for me) was to boot the kernel with "noapic" =
on
the command line. (note to self, always pay attention to email from dave
jones :-)

if anyone could point me to more info on this bug i'd be appreciative (an
lkml thread that i missed the first time around maybe?) thanks anyway!

-timothy

On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 03:27:44AM -0400, timothy parkinson wrote:
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> hi,
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> thought i'd give 2.5.75 a try today, and the only thing that i couldn't g=
et
> to work is my network card:
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> 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815
> (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
> Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device f312
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> i'm working on a reasonably close to default slackware 9.0 box, with a wo=
rking
> 2.4.21 kernel of my own build.
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> i started out by installing module-init-tools-0.9.12, and then built 2.5.=
75.
> the module (natsemi.o) seems to load just fine with no complaints. dhcpcd
> runs, the lights flash on my cable modem, things appear to be working just
> the same as 2.4.21, however dhcpcd just exits silently without bringing up
> eth0.
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> i've tried building the driver into the kernel instead, recompiling dhcpc=
d,
> resetting the cable modem - it works under 2.4.21 just fine, the only
> variable is the kernel. i'm completely at a loss here.
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> anyone else seeing this problem? any ideas? if there's any other debugg=
ing
> information i can provide, just ask... much thanks in advance!
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> -timothy
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