On Nov 19, 1:10 am, Ian Las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,In the past I tried to install the embedded DIGITAL 21143 > Ethernetcontroller > of my UX 164 Alpha without any success. > At the moment Debian etch is installed. > Recently I got an old Intel Box with an DIGITAL 21140 PCI Ethernetcontroller > and was surprised to find a working network with a 2.6.22 kernel. > > But the PCI Board did not work in the Alpha machine !? > Reactivating an old NT 4.0 Alpha harddisk the embedded 21143 Ethernet > Controller performed without any problems. > So I think the hardware should be without any failure. > > Both drivers - the Tulip and the DE4x3 - were tried with various 2.6.xx > kernels. > The "ifconfig" command shows an active network environment but it fails > to work. > The DE4x3 driver gives no error messages. > The Tulip driver gives periodically a "network down" and "network up" status. > > If this controller works on an Intel system it should work also on Alpha ? > Are there any working DIGITAL 21143 controllers on Alpha machines ? > Are any special parameters necessary ? > > Thanks,Ian
Did you try the de4x5 driver? I'm using it e.g on a AS300 (lspci output): Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21040 [Tulip] (rev 26) Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 30) /etc/modprobe.d/de4x5 contains options de4x5 args='eth1:fdx eth0:autosense=TP' kernel is a "vanilla" 2.4.32 built for Avanti. It also works for the embedded DE500-BA (DC21143) in a DPW500au: Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 30) there is no /etc/modprobe.d/de4x5 on this machine, i.e. no options are passed. kernel is a "vanilla" 2.6.21 built for Miata. Urs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
