On Mon Jul 10 2000 at 19:06, "Marc Nesheim" wrote:
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> I have an old 486 running redhat Linux 6.2. I am trying to configure two
> Intel Ethernet express cards (ISA) in it. Eth0 will come up fine, however
> eth1 will give the following error message when I type in ifup eth1
>
> SIOCSIFADDR: No buffer space available
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign request address
> SIOCSIFBRDADDR: Cannot assign request address
> SIOCADDRT: No such device
>
> My /etc/conf.modules looks like:
>
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> alias eth0 eexpress
> alias eth1 eexpress
> options eexpress io=0x300,0x240 irq=5,10
>
> If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this problem please let me know.
Assuming that this is the correct syntax for specifying two cards,
the driver should be set up to run two devices already. (I've had
no experience doing this with the eexpress, lots with ne2000
clones).
The command "ifup eth1" might be attempting to re-load the driver
with the same "dual" parameters. Just put up the first interface,
then manually add the second to see if it works. If it does, then
try removing or commenting out the "alias eth1 eexpress" line in
conf.modules, or doing something else to make it work like you want.
If it doesn't work, then I would suspect a hardware problem. Be
sure that those irq's and io addresses are right (check the output
of "cat /proc/interrupts /proc/ioports /proc/devices etc). (irq 10
is usually video/pci). You might also have a pnp / bios /isa
problem to look at.
Did you check the kernel syslog messages when the driver was loaded?
This might give you some more clues as to what the problem is. (Eg,
is it recognising *two* cards rather than one?)
[ BTW, linux-net might be a better place to ask about network
driver and config problems. ]
Cheers
Tony
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