Success! Thanks everyone who nudged me in the right direction. My debian guru / mentor will kill me for the blunt force, but I'm still working on debian kernel compiles vs. the rest of the Linux world. Here's how I got my new Sun SBUS FastEthernet card to work :
gibraltar:/usr/src/linux# make modules <2 hours later> gibraltar:/usr/src/linux# insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/sunhme.o Warning: loading /lib/msoduulnesh/2m.4e.1.8/cke:rnvel1/d.ri9ve9rs /n1et2/s/unShm ee.po /wi9ll9 t aiDnta tvhei kder neSl:. n o Mliicelnsle r (davem@redhat.com) eth2: HAPPY MEAL (SBUS) 10/100baseT Ethernet 08:00:20:72:f3:7a gibraltar:/usr/src/linux# ifconfig -a <snip> eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:20:72:F3:7A inet addr:10.0.0.1 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 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:55 Interrupt:55 gibraltar:/usr/src/linux# Thanks! Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "todd.sarratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 7:42 PM Subject: Re: Adding new ethernet card to Sun20 > have you tried modprobe bigmac? i'm sure that the hme driver is part of > the kernel, but the bigmac driver is probably just built as a module. > it won't hurt anything to try it. if modprobe doesn't complain, then > try your ifconfig -a. > > luck, > > a > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 07:15:56PM -0800, todd.sarratt wrote: > > ifconfig -a does not show an eth2. > > > > dmesg shows some of this : > > > > eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE > > > > Which is fine, it comes up on the TPE. No other eth messages. > > > > I get this in the OBP : > > > > sbus-probe-list fe0123 fe0123 > > > > I don't seem to have much luck with the following : > > > > ok probe-sbus-all > > probe-sbus-all ? > > ok probe-all > > ok > > > > I also cannot find drivers for a single port FastEthernet card. Any more > > suggestions appreciated! > > > > Thanks, > > Todd > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ben Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "todd.sarratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 8:45 PM > > Subject: Re: Adding new ethernet card to Sun20 > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure I'm missing something very obvious. What is it? > > > > > > > > > > Sounds to me like it is not being probed by a proper driver. Try doing: > > > > > > ifconfig -a > > > > > > If you don't see eth2, it isn't initialized by the kernel. > > > > > > Try looking at "dmesg | less" for signs of a problem. Also, at the OBP > > > prompt do "probe-sbus-all" to make sure it is being detected. > > > > > > -- > > > Debian - http://www.debian.org/ > > > Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ > > > Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ > > > Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >