Re: Setting up NIC to run nder 5.2

["Max DiOrio" <romulus15 ccny com>]

Geoff,

I just bought the exact same card to set up in RH 5.1.  I have it working to
the point where I can get it to ping itself, but it will not connect to the
network.  I keep getting an error like: "eth0: transmit timed out, status
026781186, LSR12 00000035, resetting..."
I keeps repeating this message every minute or so.  I e-mailed their tech
support about 3 days ago and still have not gotten a response yet.  I am
going to e-mail the person that created the driver in a few minutes.

If you already have the tulip driver installed in Linix, you will need to
recompile the Kernel with the following options set to Yes:
EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers (CONFIG_NET_EISA) [N/y/?] Y
DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI support (CONFIG_DEC_ELCP) [N/y/m/?] Y

Here is the complete TXT file that tells you what to do:

                  NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter
                  -----------------------------------------
                     LINUX Driver Installation Overview
                     ----------------------------------

  Getting Started
  ---------------
  There are two methods to install the FA310TX Linux driver.

  Installation Procedure for Monolithic Kernel
  --------------------------------------------

  1.  cp tulip.c /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/tulip.c

  2.  /user/src/linux# make config

      set the following

      a. EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers (CONFIG_NET_EISA) [N/y/?] Y
      b. DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI support (CONFIG_DEC_ELCP) [N/y/m/?] Y

  3.  Rebuild and install new kernel and reboot.

      a. make dep
      b. make clean
      c. make zImage or make zlilo


  Installation Procedure for Modular Kernel
  -----------------------------------------

  1.  Compile tulip.c.







gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -Wall -Wstrict-prototype
s -O6 -c tulip.c

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Please DO NOT use this command to compile the module, it will NOT work:  Use
this one instead:
gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -Wall -Wstrict-prototype
s -O6 -c tulip.c `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] &&
echo -DMODVERSIONS`

Please pay attention to capitalization and punctuation ` is not '
That will compile the mod properly...supposedly.
NOTE: the -O6 is capital O, not zero.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  2.  Copy tulip.o into the latest kernel's modules.

      cp tulip.o /lib/modules/2.0.XX/net/tulip.o

  3.  Update kernel's module dependencies.

      /sbin/depmod -a

  4.  Add the following in /etc/conf.modules.

      alias eth0 tulip

  5.  Reboot the system.


  NOTE:

      The latest testing version of the driver should compile with all
      1.2.*, 1.3.* development, 2.0.* and 2.1.* kernels.


Hope that helped you out.  Please let me know if you get the same error
message as I am getting...or if it is just me.

Max DiOrio
romulus15 ccny com