On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:56:56 +0200 (IST)
> From: Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tal Amir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: the linux-il mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: siocsifflags error
>
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Tal Amir wrote:
>
> > 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
> > :
>
> Is this an smp machine?
yes it is. dual pIII 933.
>
> If not: why do you use an SMP kernel?
>
> >
> > #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.
>
> Did you see any message about a problem with the network adapetr?
>
no. not as a hardware problem (irq or similar) and not as configuration
problem..
> >
> > 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,
>
> IIRC redhat uses a slightly dfferent kernel on the install floppy.
>
> What kernel do you use, BTW? ('uname -r')
>
i will not be near that machine until sunday morning, but its the default
version that comes with LM8.1 (i think its 2.4.17)
> > so this is not a hardware problem.
>
> How do you know that the "device" is working properly?
>
look above - i said that i did a network install using it, (installed RH
via ftp)
> Is there eth0?
>
yes it is.
> 'ifconfig eth0'
wil be happy to post it here sunday morning.
>
> Is the support for the network adapter loaded from a module?
yes it is (modprobe eepro1000) is what this card uses. this module was
loaded by the kernel on boot.
>
> If so: is this module loaded?
yes it is - eepro100
>
> BTW: you need to upgrade that kernel, anyway (see the updates section of
> your distro).
trying to avoid that for now..for somy reason's that are not relevant to
this topic. sounds wierd that an orig kernel will not load such a common
device like an intel card.. >
even wierder : both RH and LM smp couldnt deal with it.
>
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