RE: [suse-axp] Which ethernet module for XP1000 and 2.4.4 kernel?

From: Champigny, Michael (Michael.Champigny@compaq.com)
Date: Mon Jul 30 2001 - 10:45:36 PDT

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From: "Champigny, Michael" <Michael.Champigny@compaq.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:45:36 -0400
Subject: RE: [suse-axp] Which ethernet module for XP1000 and 2.4.4 kernel?

    Hi,

    I did get this working with the de4x5 driver. The problem was that
    during the install (when configuring ethernet) I selected de4x5
    for the module and it automatically added a parameter (can't think
    of the name but I think the value was 0x100). That doesn't work
    at least in my configuration (I got ethernet errors on startup).
    I solved it by autoprobing for kernel modules before the install
    (using linuxrc) and it picked up de4x5 without putting in the bad
    default parameter. I think the installer should not put any
    defaults there for that module.

    Now if only somehow could help me with:

      - getting an ATI Expert 98 (Mach64) going (works with 6.4)
      - getting a US keyboard mapping with X under KDE (works in 6.4)

    -Michael

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Stefan Reinauer [mailto:stepan@suse.de]
    Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 1:22 PM
    To: 'suse-axp@suse.com'
    Subject: Re: [suse-axp] Which ethernet module for XP1000 and 2.4.4
    kernel?

    * Champigny, Michael <Michael.Champigny@compaq.com> [010726 15:30]:
    > I'm now having trouble with ethernet. I have a stock XP1000 with it's
    > builtin ethernet controller. During the install I'm asked which eth0
    > module I want to load. I tried DE4*5 and Tulip.
    >
    > The DE4*5 just gives me insmod failure messages at boot time, and Tulip
    > causes a segmentation fault and stops the boot process!

    What are the error messages you get with the de4x5 driver? On the stock
    XP1000 we got from Compaq, both drivers from the SuSE 7.1 AXP work
    flawlessly. The machine is running with the tulip driver since I installed
    it from scratch after the 7.1 AXP release. very strange. Could you please
    send me an output of lspci -vv, hopefully we can track down the problem
    then.

    > - Kernel 2.4 is named differently but no mention of this in the manual.
    When SuSE 7.1 was released, Kernel 2.4 was far from being production usable.
    We packed it as a gimmick, but no one would seriously want to run any kernel
    before 2.4.5 on an Alpha except for bug hunting ;) We're sorry that the
    changes
    regarding 2.4 were not mentioned in the manual.

      Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
               Stefan Reinauer <stepan@suse.de> 

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