Using kernel-2.2.5-22 (other details at the end) The "smc-ultra" module caused a kernel oops on rmmod, but that's been fixed by a patch. Duly applied. Nevertheless, the patched "smc-ultra" loads (apart entirely from the very annoying and persistent "-22"/"-15" at the end of the kernel version... grrrr), and ifconfig shows the interface to be up and running as expected. Pings to self succeed. Pings to other hosts on the network fail with "100% packet loss. No "host unreachable" or anything that might be suggestive of some other misconfiguration. The netmask, broadcast, address, io, irq, cable integrity, etc... have been checked extensively and rigorously. Ditto for the "wd" module in another machine. Now, both of these worked just fine on 5.2 on the same machines, and other cards (DE-100s, 4-DIM16s) work fine in 6.0 on the same machines. Now here's a _really_ funny thing. Carry out the following steps: #insmod 8390 #insmod smc-ultra (Probes and finds card at correct io & irq) #rmmod smc-ultra #insmod wd (Probes and finds card at correct io, wrong irq) #rmmod wd (Removes module) #insmod wd (Card isn't found, device/resource busy) Now, it *shouldn't* really find a wd, but once the smc- ultra module has "been there" it *does*. The wd module won't go in unless the smc-ultra module has been there directly beforehand. This suggests that the smc-ultra module is "leaving something behind". "Curiouser and curiouser", said Alice. This "bugzilla", the lkml archives, and the linux-net ml archives have been searched and browsed for a possible solution. No luck. The SMC Ultra(16b/ISA combo) is in an 80486DX4-120/64M The SMC Elite(? works in 5.2 w/ wd.o) is a P60/16M Regards, Emmet. ------- Additional Comments From 10/20/99 14:22 ------- FTP'ed the 2.2.12-20 kernel sources & headers from RH6.1 (on the above otherwise RH6.0 system). Built new kernels. "smc-ultra" _still_ doesn't work as a module or compiled-in in this case either. I suspect that this also affects RH6.1. As a module, there are unresolved symbols (and warnings) from 8390.o, 8390.o doesn't get installed with "make modules_install", and insmod fails with a whimper about being unable to determine the kernel version ( -f doesn't help ) When "compiled-in", the above oddball ping behaviour is still present. Whipping out the smc-ultra and putting in an old DE100 still works just fine. Regards (again) Emmet.
Assigned to dledford
Works for me with 2.2.14-2.0