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Re: Can't make my eth0 work

Derek Broughton wrote:


Under 2.4.16, eth0 comes up perfectly every time (using the stock
kernel-image.2.4.16-586), with a custom compiled kernel-image-2.4.17, I
can't get it active.

The only thing that looks suspicious at boot time is:

Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 01:03.0
IRQ routing conflict for 01:03.0, have irq 9, want irq 5
IRQ routing conflict for 01:03.1, have irq 9, want irq 5
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 01:03.1
IRQ routing conflict for 01:03.0, have irq 9, want irq 5
IRQ routing conflict for 01:03.1, have irq 9, want irq 5
Yenta IRQ list 08b8, PCI irq9
Socket status: 30000410
Yenta IRQ list 08b8, PCI irq9
Socket status: 30000006

(under 2.4.16, it finds IRQ9).

However, 'cardinfo' always finds my pcmcia card (an ancient IBM dual
function modem & ethernet) and makes it look functional - but ifconfig
doesn't work.  '/etc/init.d/pcmcia restart' always complains about
non-existent i82365 module and fails to unload pcmcia_core.  Then it
gives me the error:

/lib/modules/2.4.17/pcmcia/i82365.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters

Which seems reasonable, given that it seems to be using the wrong IRQ,
but what can I do to force it to use IRQ9?
Read back on some of the recent (<7 days) problems people have had involving pcmcia and 2.4.17. I have been there myself until recently. I was not using the debian supplied images, I build my own for various reasons (ext3 being one) and can only help you from that perspective. 

What I have seen so far is this:
I can install a kernel-image OK.
When I try to install a modules-pcmcia package I get hit with various errors: 
1) pcmcia_core.o cannot be overwritten as it already exists.
1a) use --force-overwrite when installing the modules-pcmcia pacage. You should see warning notices about the overwriting of all of the aforementioned modules. 

2) I could not get a pcmcia network card to work correctly.
2a) I had to manually copy /usr/src/modules/pcmcia/etc/config into /etc/pcmcia/config (make backup!) and restart pcmcia. (This was posted yesterday from a Brian Mays). 

Good Luck!
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