Re: [leaf-user] Bering can't handle Dell GX150 integrated Ethernet?

[Darren H. <da...@ha...>]

The nearest I've got is a number of GX110's that have the 3C905B 
onboard. They work fine with Bering 1.2 & Bering-uClibc-2.0

I had to pop the case and look at the surface mount chips on the 
motherboard to check exactly what version I had. The Dell site lists 
both 3C905B and 3C905C (3C920) for the GX150.

One thing I did find that was strange was if I disabled the onboard card 
in the BIOS. Windows didn't find the card but Debian did. I can't 
remember what Bering did. Likewise, I've got a brand new PowerEdge 1750 
running Debian with dual Broadcomm Gigabit NICs. One's disabled in the 
BIOS, but eth0 and eth1 both appear on boot - I haven't actually tried 
using the disabled one though.

You might want to check the BIOS for anything daft. Maybe even reset it, 
especially if you've acquired the machines from other users like I did. 
Better still do you have the latest BIOS for the Dell Tag number? They 
seem to be up to version A10.

You might also want to try the 2.4.24 kernel and modules in the latest 
Bering-uClibc release to see if you get a result.

As Ray says, the module must match the kernel, so your RedHat module 
won't be any good with LEAF.

Darren


Tibbs, Richard wrote:
> Hello List:
> I have tried implementing a bering fw (floppy boot) on Dell Optiplex
> GX150 with two NICS.
> One is an "integrated" nic on the motherboard (3c905b), and the other is
> a PCI card 3c905c.
> Both are PCI devices, and RedHat 9 finds them both and configures them.
> Under RH9 (booting from the hard drive) I can ping from both interfaces
> to devices on either subnet.
> With Bering, using the 3c59x.o module found via the Bering installation
> guide, neither interface is brought up.