Ryan Tandy wrote: > Steven G Wagner wrote: >> I have a working hardened system, 2.6.16-hardened-r11, but I can't >> seem to >> get eth0 recognized. My NIC is a Netgear FA310TX Rev D2 and I found >> that it >> uses the "Tulip" driver. >> I've tried compiling this driver by itself into the kernel both >> built-in and >> as a module. I've tried compiling the entire "Tulip" family of >> drivers into >> my kernel, trying <*> next to every possible selection under "Tulip" and >> again using <m> in every instance allowed. I listed "tulip" in >> /etc/modules.autoload.d and it failed at boot, even though it was >> compiled >> as a module. >> Everything is copasetic when I boot off the livecd and I can ping >> google, >> etc. I tried emerging hotplug as one forum post I found indicated, >> but to no >> avail. I've done my best to find posts related to this, seemingly, >> common >> issue, but nothing has worked for me and I can't think of anything >> else to >> try. I've combed the handbook as well, but nothing there has helped me. >> If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it. I have used >> Hardened >> Gentoo before, but not on this older machine. >> Thanks a lot for any help, >> >> Steve >> > > Hi, > > I'm using the Tulip driver on one of my older boxes too. Under the > "Tulip family" selection in menuconfig, only one of them actually > compiles the tulip.o module - I forget the name of it (DEC something), > but last time I built a kernel it was second in the list. For it to > work properly, I had to enable all the options for the tulip module - > new bus layout, interrupt mitigation, whatever other fancy things it > has there. Are you sure it's the tulip.o driver you want, or is it > some other driver from the tulip family? > > You said that autoloading failed - can you paste the *exact* error > message? What happens if you try 'modprobe tulip' by hand, as root? > > Ryan
I have a Davicom card and it is under the tulip family as well. I don't think you need to load a "tulip" module, I think you need to load the one specific for your card. Under the Tulip kernel config, there should be one of the others with a "m" in it. If you highlight it then right arrow over till help is highlighted at the bottom and hit enter, it will tell you the name of the module in there somewhere. Example, my Davicom uses this: "Davicom DM910x/DM980x support" and I have mine compiled in but modules will work too. The module that it would have to load is called "dmfe" not tulip. If you know the kernel and the modules are compiled correctly, try this command: "modprobe -l". That is a lower case L and leave off the quotes. That should list all the modules that are available to be loaded. Pick the correct one and try to load it. If it is not listed, then you have other issues. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
