This is the problem which I mistakenly labeled as "the MACE driver being completely broken". And since I last tried using it, I speculated that pump was the culprit. Now I'm glad someone confirmed it.
The problem does indeed exist in kernel 2.4.2. Adam On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 11:33:29AM -0700, Peter Canning wrote: > My experience (using a PowerMac 7300) is a mixture of these two experiences. > What I have seen, using a 2.2.18 kernel I built myself, is: > > (1) if I configure /etc/network/interfaces to use a static IP address, > networking works great, > (2) if I use dhcpcd (I have to get the deb from potato since its been > obsoleted in woody), networking works great, > (3) if I use pump (the only DHCP clients available in woody AFAIK), > networking doesn't work. Pump appears to configure the network correctly > (from what I can see using ifconfig and route), but when I try to ping my > router/dhcp-server/name-server (a 3COM OfficeConnect ISDN lan modem), all > the returned packets appear to get dropped (at least cat /proc/net/dev > shows lots of dropped packets), so ping fails completely. > > It seems to me that it can't be the kernel that is at fault, since it works > fine configured statically, or using dhcpcd. It seems to me that dhcpcd > must being doing something different than pump. My personal preference > would be to see dhcpcd un-obsoleted, and to make it the DHCP client used in > the install disks and base images. Until somebody can figure out how to > make pump work, I don't see why dhcpcd should be obsoleted. > > - Peter Canning > > PS: I haven't used a 2.4 kernel yet, so I can't comment on that. > > At 12:03 AM 3/31/2001, Andrew Sharp wrote: > >MACE seems to work "fine" on all my old worlds: 7200/75, 7600/200, > >8500/200MP. 2.2.18pre21 and 2.2.17. I'm using the TP port. > > > >a > > > > > >Adam Goode wrote: > >> > >> Yes, I have had this problem. The short answer is: MACE is completely > >> broken in recent 2.2 and 2.4 kernels. It seems to be able to send 1-2 > >> packets before failing with "lost a status word". These few initial > >> packets allow DHCP to work ok, while everything else fails. > >> > >> I don't know how to fix it, although I remember using MACE on Linux > >> fine back in 1998 (don't ask me which kernel!), and NetBSD and Mac OS > >> work fine. > >> > >> Perhaps this will spark some discussion to the root cause, as I would > >> like to use Debian on my old 604-upgraded 7500! > >> > >> Adam > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 12:19:56AM +0100, Martin Hedenfalk wrote: > >> > Hi all! > >> > > >> > I'm trying to install Debian on my 7200/90. After getting a > >> boot-floppy that > >> > recognized my keyboard (2.2.19, 2000-11-22), I was able to boot into the > >> > install program. Now I wan't to get the drivers/modules from the > >> network. > >> > eth0 (MACE) is configured ok and the default route is ok, but I'm > >> unable to > >> > ping anything except my own IP. And, yes, the cable is plugged in. > >> Networking > >> > worked in MacOS. > >> > > >> > Has anyone had the same problem? > >> > > >> > thanks in advance / Martin > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Martin Hedenfalk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > PGP Fingerprint: 4D0F 3A9F 2D5B 12D6 D17D 873E FD62 55A4 A0E3 3C50 > >> > -- > >> > Farnsdick's corollary: > >> > After things have gone from bad to worse, the cycle will repeat > >> itself. > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >-- > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
