On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:50:37 -0400, Bill Marcum wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:54:42 GMT, Bob
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I've installed RedHat 9.0 on an IBM 770ED ThinkPad. I have an Ovislink
>> PCMCIA Cardbus Fast Ethernet LFS-PCM Dongle-less adapter. Now I have no idea
>> what Dongle-less means and I'm hoping it does mater.
>
> Dongle-less means that the ethernet cable attaches directly to the card
> without a separate adapter.
>
> What does matter is
>> that linux PCMCIA function now hands cardbus support to a function called
>> "hotplug".
>> All this leaves me very confused. When I use the command "cardctl ident" I
>> get info so I can tell cardmgr about the card but if that now passes to the
>> hotplug function how do I tell it about the PCMCIA card?
>> The RedHat system defaulted the card to a hardware description of "DEC 21*40
>> and clones" in the Network Configuration program.
>> And the System log says - eth0: ADMtek Comet rev 17 .....
>
> Apparently the system recognizes an eth0 device. What happens when you
> give the command "ifconfig eth0"?
Thanks for the reply. I don't have a lot of experience with Linux and this
problem seems strange. Your help is very much appreciated.
When I did a ifconfig I got the following:
[root@localhost root]# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:98:AE:83:A7
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6000
The HWaddr (MAC) is correct.
What follows is the output of the lspci command:
[root@localhost root]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
(AGP disabled) (rev 02)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1250 (rev 02)
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1250 (rev 02)
00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems Cyber 9397 (rev f3)
00:05.0 Multimedia controller: IBM 3780IDSP [MWave]
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 01)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Abocom Systems Inc: Unknown device ab08 (rev 11)
As you can see the device is ab08.
When I issue the cardctl command I get the following:
[root@localhost root]# cardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "CardBus", "Fast Ethernet", "V1.0", ""
manfid: 0x13d1, 0xab02
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
no product info available
Here the device portion of the manfid is ab02.
I believe that is the problem but I don't know how to override either one.
Thanks, Bob
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