Subject: Re: Sawtooth G4 w/ Sonic EtherFE 10/100 NIC
From: Sverre Johan Tøvik (sverre@tibe.no)
Date: Tue Dec 28 1999 - 08:47:55 MST
>On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Sverre Johan T¯vik wrote:
>
>> OK, I followed your instructions as far as I could... Here's what I did:
>>
>> 1. Downloaded general linux-2.2.13 kernel
>> 2. Downloaded and applied Alan Cox's 2.2.14-pre16 patch
>> 3. Downloaded and applied "paulus' usb patches"
>> 4. Downloaded and applied "benh's ibook patches"
>
>hrrm, I'd suggest emailing BenH about it.. I'm still working with his '9'
>kernel revision.
I'll do that...
>Second question: Does the on-board ethernet not work? I'm assuming you
>need the Sonic EtherFE for a reason.
Nope, onboard "gmac" ethernet does not. See
<URL:http://calvaweb.calvacom.fr/bh40/test.html>
>If all else fails, I can build a kernel with both the de4x5 and (new)
>tulip drivers as a module.
Actually, I've now managed to build a kernel, by copying benh's
kernel-conf before running "make menuconfig" (to set the nic drivers
to "m").
Now I can do "modprobe tulip" (or "insmod tulip", both seem to
"work") to load the new "tulip" driver. But it still crashes when I
try to config it... At least it doesn't show the hardware address as
"FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF" anymore (when running ifconfig without
configuring) - though that doesn't help much, because the address it
_does_ show is not the same as the one I get in the TCP/IP control
panel in MacOS.
Anyways, if you think it'll help, I'll gladly accept a new kernel
from you... :-)
Thanks in advance for any help!
Regards,
Sverre Johan Toevik
-- <disclaimer> I speak for myself only! </disclaimer> "to be yourself, in a world that tries, night and day, to make you just like everybody else - is to fight the greatest battle there ever is to fight, and never stop fighting" -- e.e. cummings
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