SOLVED! I just compiled the eepro100 support statically in the kernel (not as a module)!
Ciao Vittorio Vittorio [debian-user] <12/09/01 10:14 +0000>: > > At last, after an extenuating series of failures I've been able to > compile a tailored 2.4.9 kernel for my laptop under debian potato, > using many of the options I had been using when compiling the 2.2.19 > one. > > Now, it happens that while my 2.2.19 kernel at boot time recognizes > the eth0 card (an eepro100, built as a module) and I can issue either > ifconfig or ifup without problem, the new 2.4 kernel doesn't seem to > recognize it (compiled as a module) giving the following well known > error: > > potato#ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 > SIOCSIFADDR:no such device > eth0:unknown interface:no such device > > If I issue 'modprobe eepro100' 'ifconfig' works properly but 'ifup > eth0' goes on failing saying: > > ifup: interface eth0 already configured > > As a further check (but I don't know if it is relevant!),in > /var/log/messages I find the following: > > <snip> > PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0478, last bus=1 > PCI: Using configuration type 1 > PCI: Probing PCI hardware > Unknown bridge resource 2: assuming transparent > PCI: Discovered primary peer bus 04 [IRQ] > PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/7110] at 00:07.0 > Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers. > <snip> > > And issuing lspci I get: > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev > 03) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev > 03) > 00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01) > 00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01) > 00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) > 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) > 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03) > 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro Audiodrive > (rev 10) > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev > 09) > 00:09.1 Serial controller: Lucent Microelectronics: Unknown device 0445 > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility > AGP 2x (rev 64) > > > Vittorio > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
