3com 3c940 error

c31c · 11-03-2004, 10:58 PM

hi
I've gone through some problems setting up Slackware10 with kernel 2.6.9
Now I finally got my adsl working, with eth1.
But now my 3com 3c940 gigabit card won't work properly.
dmesg returns

eth0: -- ERROR --
Class: Hardware failure
Nr: 0x264
Msg: unexpected IRQ Status error
eth0: Adapter failed.

and as soon as I connect through adsl-start I get that message all over the terminals.
I have a Asus P4P800 mainboard with an onBoard 3com network card

lspci returns that:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface to PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940 1000Base? (rev 12)
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 MBit (rev 31)

I've configured the kernel with sk98lin build-in.
Help would be greatly appreciated

omes · 11-20-2004, 12:38 PM

Try putting

Code:

alias eth1 sk98lin

in your /etc/modules.conf.

Worked for me. what happends if you do

Code:

modprobe sk98lin

?

c31c · 11-21-2004, 07:23 PM

thanks for your reply.
I don't have that as a module but buildin, so modprobe won't work
but maybe I'll try to recompile the kernel and have it as a module

Noostroi · 12-09-2004, 08:19 AM

I have the same problem, although my card is a pci SMC EZ Card 1000, and I am running Debian.

It uses the same drivers, sk98lin.

I tried adding the "alias eth1 sk98lin" but that didn't fix it

The error only occurs when I bring up the network card (ifconfig eth1 192.168.x.x) , not when I "modprobe" the module, and it stops when I bring down eth1 (which is the correct card by the way).

I have a feeling that it's something to do with the motherboard, as I bought 2 cards and installed the other one in my other computer, and that worked "out of the box". I also put both cards in the machine which they worked on, and they both worked fine (could ping the internet from each card, when the only connection was thorugh that card).

The problematic motherboard is an AOpen AX59Pro, with a VIA chipset, whereas the motherboard that worked is an Abit KD7-Raid.

Any suggestions/tips would be most appreciated...

(I'm thinking about upgrading the "bad" motherboard soon anyway, so I can put a faster processor in that box)

Thanks for any help given

c31c · 12-11-2004, 12:25 PM

@Omes: Thank you. worked

@Noostroi:
I'm sorry, I can't really help you.....
I reinstalled slack just yesterday, and then compiled kernel 2.6.9 with sk98lin as a module
I have another card using the dmfe module. After that I did some configuring in /etc/rc.d/....
and some in /etc/modules.conf.....and now it works
I don't know in what way Debian is different in that from slack.