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Re: Problems initializing eth0 interface


The card is a D-Link DFE-530TX+
VendorID: 0x1186
DeviceID: 0x1300

Bruno


On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:13 PM, John Dallaway<john@dallaway.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi Bruno
>
> Bruno Ricci wrote:
>
>> Thank you John, that worked like a charm :)
>>
>> Thanks everyone
>
> Good to hear this resolved the problem you were seeing.
>
> What was the PCI VendorID/DeviceID for your RTL8139 ethernet hardware?
>
> John Dallaway
>
>
> --- Original Message ---
>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:50 PM, John Dallaway<john@dallaway.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bruno
>>>
>>> Bruno Ricci wrote:
>>>
>>>> I tried the same configuration with RTL8139 chip and without removing
>>>> any package (I managed to have a pc with that chip) with no luck. Here
>>>> some screenshots:
>>>>
>>>> http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1493094/ecos1.jpg
>>>> http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1493094/ecos2.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Notice that my program only initializes the network card, and that
>>>> there's a 20 sec sleep between the two screenshots. I tried to set a
>>>> static IP, but I keep on having that SIOCIFADDR error.
>>> I assume you have switched to the eCos "pc_rltk8139" target.
>>>
>>> The reported hardware address (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) is bogus which
>>> suggests that eCos is failing to interrogate your ethernet hardware
>>> correctly. Try disabling the ethernet hardware in your PC's BIOS and see
>>> if the behaviour is the same. If it is, perhaps your ethernet hardware
>>> is reporting a PCI vendorID/deviceID pair which is not known to the eCos
>>> driver? Check the known_8139_aliases[] array in the driver and extend it
>>> if necessary.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps...
>>>
>>> John Dallaway
>

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