Re: [Etherboot-users] Invalid EEPROM checksum using eepro100 on new board

[Eric W B. <ebi...@ln...>]

Samuel Clements <scl...@li...> writes:

> Being Intel, you'd think so, but the DOS drivers lists:
> 
> 8086/1229/8086/301A/000D
> 
> and that matches up with the:
> 
> # Intel Etherexpress Pro/100
> eepro100        0x8086,0x1229
> 
> but wait! theres more!  When I let the PXE stuff go and grab a PXE loadable eb
> 5.0.7 image, I get this:
> 
> ================================================================================
> 
> ROM segment 0x07c0 length 0x3600 reloc 0x9400
> Etherboot 5.0.7 (GPL) Tagged ELF (Multiboot) a.out for [EEPRO100]
> Probing...[EEPRO100]Found Intel EtherExpressPro100 ROM address 0x0000
> Ethernet addr: 00:03:47:2B:18:68
> Searching for server (DHCP)...
> Me: 192.168.50.150, Server: 192.168.50.1
> Loading 192.168.50.1:smbclient-eepro-emm
> 
> very strange indeed...
>    -Sam

Sounds like the new version has a bug around the driver doesn't work
around.  Either that or it is a rance condition.

Once everything is in the appropriate state appearently the driver works.

Eric