On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 16:58 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:02:06 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 18:50 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
[...]
>> The 3c501 could be removed. You might want to investigate whether the
>> Intel 82557/8/9 is supported and by what driver.
>
> Should be the "e100" driver. According to the source code:
>
> * I. General
> *
> * The driver supports Intel(R) 10/100 Mbps PCI Fast Ethernet
> * controller family, which includes the 82557, 82558, 82559,
> * 82550, 82551, and 82562 devices. 82558 and greater controllers
> * integrate the Intel 82555 PHY. The controllers are used in
> * server and client network interface cards, as well as in
> * LAN-On-Motherboard (LOM), CardBus, MiniPCI, and ICHx
> * configurations. 8255x supports a 32-bit linear addressing
> * mode and operates at 33Mhz PCI clock rate.
>
> So verify that the "e100" driver is loaded via "/sbin/lsmod".
All right, making assurance doubly sure, I logged in using "su - root"
*and* did cd before /sbin/lsmod.
I see columns labelled Module, Size, and Used by. "e100" is not mentioned
in any of them -- and without a Net connection, I have no way to download
anything. Can I get it off the CDs, as I must have been doing before?
It should have been installed by default. Verify that you have the
following file on the system:
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko
(yes, those are graves or "backticks"--the other character on the "~"
key). If you do have the file, then (as root via the "su -") try this
command:
modprobe e100
to force the driver to load. Then run:
ifconfig -a
and see if eth0 doesn't magically show up. If it does, NOW you have a
driver loaded and the NIC is seen. Add the line:
alias eth0 e100
to your /etc/modprobe.conf file and you should be good to go. Configure
the NIC as you wish and "Bob's your Uncle!".
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