Hi Russell,
Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>
> Dr Jaime V. Miro writes:
> > * monitoring with tcpdump the traffic with the server on boot-up, I see an
> > arp request for an IP address, served by bootpd, and acknowledged by the
> > ebsa-285 in the booting-up screen. Also, after the ebsa requests
> > its IP address, and entry in the host's ARP cache /proc/net/arp reads:
> >
> > IP address HW type Flags HW address Mask
>Device
> > 192.168.0.93 0x1 0x0 00:B0:86:00:0E:29 *
>eth0
> > <ebsa-285>
>
> Flags = 0 means "this entry is not valid, I need to get my cache refreshed".
>
> > which seems ok. And then messages from server asking for the ebsa to respond:
> >
> > 18:49:58.635180 eth0 > arp who-has ebsa285.h2eye.com tell fishlaptop.h2eye.com
>(0:60:8:24:76:dd)
> >
> > repeated a number of times, but never answered.
>
> What happens if you make the ARP entry permanent on the server?
>
Flags=0x6. Appart from that, the same response.
> arp -s 192.168.0.93 00:B0:86:00:0E:29
>
> You're also using the DE4x5 driver for your tulip net card. Does the
> standard tulip (CONFIG_TULIP) driver work?
DE4x5 was the recomended driver from the manufacturer. It might have the same NIC chip
(HW address),
but it is an in-house board. The card negotiates it's IP address with the bootp server
fine, so it
doesn't look like that is the problem. Also, the company that sells those cards use
them as theirs
desktop boxes NIC's, and compile them with CONFIG_DE4X5. That's what I selected also
when I had
the while system working properly in 2.2.13, so I believe that is correct (there was
also a
CONFIG_DEC_ELCP compiled in, that I have not been able to find in later kernels, I
pressume
built into another options. Maybe a clue?)
However, just in case, I will recompile the kernel with that driver & see what
happens.
>
> PS, this topic should really be on the linux-arm-kernel list.
I wasn't sure which list to send it, and did not want to clog them all, so I sent it
to linux-arm.
I've sent this reply and subsequent replies to linux-arm-kernel.
TIA, Jaime
_______________________________________________
http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm
Please visit the above address for information on this list.
