On Tuesday 28 August 2001 2:44 pm, Chan Siu On wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter installed on my computer but I > have no idea how to install the module properly. > I am using Debian Potato 2.2r3 with kernel 2.2.19pre17. When I select > sis900 module from "modconf"->"net", insmod complains that the selected > device or resource is busy and installation fails. It says that I/O or IRQ > may not be configured properly. I try to add "io=0xcc00 irq=05" as the > command line arguments, it then says that parm_io is invalid. However, the > ethernet adapter is found in `cat /proc/pci`, therefore Linux must have > detected the adapter. > Does anyone have any idea? > > _________________________________________________________________ > &b http://explorer.msn.com.tw/intl.asp 'K6O$U8| MSN Explorer
I had a similar experience trying to set up a Clevo 2700C. There are several versions of the sis900.o module floating around, and the only ones that work are the 2.4.x kernel ones. As far as I can tell for many 900s the old module does not work properly, and the new module is 2.4 only.
