Re: Dying here: can't install NIC card

[Werner Puschitz <w us verizon net>]

The floppy disk that comes with Netgear FA311 should contain a directory
for Linux which has the source code for the device driver. You can also
go to the web site and download it.

- Compile the device driver
- Install the created module fa311.o by executing:
  install -m 644 fa311.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net/
- Run depmod
- Use e.g. linuxconf and assign kernel module fa311 fo eth0

Werner


On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, ed c semblantes wrote:

> I just GAVE UP trying to install the Lynksys card on my previous posting.  However, I did installed a NETGEAR 10/100 PCI (model FA 311, supported all the way, if I recall correctly). It still did not get installed for eth0.
> I think I am close, but I must be missing something.  I did read the HOWTOs and collected some info that might be useful for those who can give me a hand:
>
> 1. lspci -v  (Ethernet card pertinent portion. I checked: no conflicts with IRQs, ports.  So, if the card is found, why does it show like an "unknown device"?)
>
> 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation: Unknown device
>            Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device f311
>            Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 10
>            I/O ports at fc00
>            Memory at fffbf000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
>            Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
>
> 2. RH62 kernel configuration utility to load the tulip driver (as suggested from the Hardware Compability List).  The conf.modules file looks like this:
>
> options eth0 io=fc00 irq=10
>            debug=val   <----- Is this correct, what does val mean?
> alias eth0 tulip
>
> 3.  insmod tulip gives an error:
> tulip.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
>
> 4. modprobe eth0 gives an error:
> insmod eth0 failed
>
> 5. Boot-up and shutdown errors
>
> 6. ps aux doesn't show kerneld (it it supposed to be active??). None of the services show it being around (am I missing something?).
>
> Anyway, very confused at this point, but I want this to work.  Any ideas??
>
> Ed.
>
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