[Gumstix-users] Question on Ethernet eth0 not working..

[Mayur S. <ss...@gm...>]

I build the latest buildroot (revision 1541  I think)
On reflashing this image to verdex board, ethernet does not work, eth0
does not show up when I do
ifconfig


I found this on this mailing list,

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You need customize and recompile the linux kernel:
to go to /gumstix-buildroot/build_arm_nofpu/linux-2.6.21gum
make ARCH=arm menuconfig
Device Drivers->Network Device Support -> Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
->checkmark SMSC Lan911[5678] support (M)
Then, remove ./arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux
And remake. Copy the
/gumstix-buildroot/build_arm_nofpu/root/lib/modules/2.6.21gum/kernel/drivers
/net/ gumstix-smc911x.ko and smc911x.ko to the corresponding directory
(/lib/modules/2.6.21gum/kernel/drivers/net/) on gumstix
Do depmod -a
And modprobe gumstix-smc911x.ko
That should give you the Ethernet. Or, you can reflash as well.
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Do I need to do this, in my buildroot? Isnt this configured by default
in the latest buildroot , when I do a "make"?


Please help

tx
Mayur