On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:49:56 +0200 > From: Tzahi Fadida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: the linux-il mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: siocsifflags error > > once i had something similar, and i think u should try to load it as a module >instead from the kernel, and also when u load it, u have choices u can add for the >hardware settings and duplex speeds. check the eepro100 source code and see what >parameters u can add. > > another solution, is to search for the developer site in the sources or the internet >and get an updated version and compile it as a module.
its loaded as a module, and still. maybe a kernel upgrade will help, but for some technical reasons i am trying to avoid that at the moment. this should NOT happen after a clean install, specialy after all teh hardware was recognized and configured cleanly by the kernel. > > * - * - * > Tzahi Fadida > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fax (+1 Outside the US) 240-597-3213 > * - * - * - * - * - * > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf >Of Tal Amir > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:20 AM > To: the linux-il mailing list > Subject: siocsifflags error > > > hi, > > this is mandrake 8.1, smp kernel (pre-compiled) right after a clean > install. my eth0 is intel 10\100 on board, that uses eepro100 to load. it > seems that the module loads ok at boot time, but fails to ifup the device > : > > #ifconfig eth0 up > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy > same happends with ifup eth0 (which is prety much the same) > > i cant paste any of the logs here since i cant access that machine from > the network, but chaecking the logs didnt tell me much about what went > wrong anyway. > > from searching some groups on google, i saw that this was a known bug with > smp kernel's (same error happened on the same machine with RH7.2 btw..) > > i know the device is working, because i did the RH install from ftp using > it, so this is not a hardware problem. > > did any1 see this before, or has any idea about this ? > > thanks... > > > -- ------------------------------ amir tal, system administrator icq : 15748705 http://www.whatsup.co.il ------------------------------ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
