[aclug-L] Re: Compaq NIC question?

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> However, after I physically installed the card, I loaded the driver
> (tlan.o) as a module without success. Since, I haven't messed with the
> kernel in a little while, I compiled this driver into the kernel. Still no
> success. My ifconfig -a only shows the local loopback. I however have a
> few snapshots of some of the key files below. BTW, I'm still running RH
> 5.2 with the 2.0.35 kernel - shame on me.

Did you do an ifconfig eth0 up to bring up the ethernet interface?

> Here's /var/adm/messages:
>
> Nov 20 01:34:46 emperor kernel: TLAN driver, v1.0, (C) 1997-8 Caldera,
> Inc.
> Nov 20 01:34:46 emperor kernel: TLAN:    IO mapping not available,
> ignoring device.
> Nov 20 01:34:46 emperor kernel: TLAN:  Activating PCI bus mastering for
> this device.

This looks okay. The kernel sees the card.

>
> Snapshot of cat /proc/pci
>
> PCI devices found:
> Bus  0, device  19, function  0:
>    VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems 5597/5598 VGA
> (rev 104
> ).
>      Medium devsel.
>      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfe800000.
>      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfedf0000.
>      I/O at 0xfc00.
> Bus  0, device  11, function  0:
>    Network controller: Compaq Netelligent 10/100 (rev 16).
>      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 255.  Master Capable.
> Lat
> ency=64.
>      I/O at 0xfcd0.
>      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfedee800.

This all looks good.  Once the interface is brought up, you can assign the
ip address and netmask.

--dwh

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