Is it the same kernel? Does the new machine's kernel have firmware upload enabled?
...tom On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:39:43 +0100, Tim Cutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm in the process of preparing an ES45 for porting use by Debian > developers. The machine is essentially identical to goetz; it's a 4- > way 1.25 GHz ES45 with 8GB RAM. > > It has three NICs, two Intel 100MBit and one Alteon GBit NIC. goetz > uses the Alteon, and I've been trying to configure the new machine > the same way, but for some reason the new machine is not recognising > the NIC. I get the following detection messages on the machine at > bootup: > > acenic.c: v0.92 08/05/2002 Jes Sorensen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.cern.ch/~jes/gige/acenic.html > 0003:04:02.0: Alteon AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet at 0x601000000, irq 56 > Tigon II (Rev. 6), Firmware: 12.4.11, MAC: 00:60:cf:21:72:50 > PCI bus width: 64 bits, speed: 66MHz, latency: 248 clks > 0003:04:02.0: Firmware NOT running! > > Compared with goetz: > > acenic.c: v0.92 08/05/2002 Jes Sorensen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.cern.ch/~jes/gige/acenic.html > 0003:04:02.0: Alteon AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet at 0x601000000, irq 56 > Tigon II (Rev. 6), Firmware: 12.4.11, MAC: 00:60:cf:21:8b:e0 > PCI bus width: 64 bits, speed: 66MHz, latency: 248 clks > 0003:04:02.0: Firmware up and running > > So the firmware version in both cards is identical. The kernel > running on both machines is identical. Both are running etch. I'm > mystified! Anyone got any clues? > > Tim > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]