Topic: Intel e100 drivers and 6.0

[PeterG]

Wotcher,

Has anyone tried the e100 drivers with a 6.0 install?

I have the rpm from -

http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dmay/mitel/contrib/Intel/sme56/

but they are for 5.6 and when installed on a 6.0 box the instalation gives this -

[root@oulton e100nic]# rpm -Uv *
Preparing packages for installation...
e100-2.1.29-sme56
WARNING: Running kernel is 2.4.20-18.7.  RPM supports kernels (  2.4.18-5  2.4.18-5bigmem  2.4.18-5smp  )
[root@oulton e100nic]#

Will try using it anyway...I'll let you know.

PeterG.

[PeterG]

It would appear not...

However, reading the configuration page more closely, I am not still completely sure what it is asking.

The machine is a Dell poweredge 2500 with an onboard Intel 10/100 NIC, it also has another nic an SMC1244 10/100.

When I select the LAN nic, has it already decided that eth0 will be the LAN and I am simply choosing the correct driver for eth0 or am I selecting the nic e100 that happens to be on eth0?

The installer suggests two drivers/nics on a e100 the other a tulip, I am sermising that the SMC is the tulip?

confused.

PeterG.

[PeterG]

aha!

using a cunning plan of dark arts and beer I have deduced the following -

As I could read the sticky label on the 2nd nic (SMC1244) and get its MAC address I have found that this is actually been select to be used as eth0.

Soooooo, the e100 drivers don't work pal.

How do I fix that then, anybody, anybody?

comon you know you want to!

maybe it should be a bug?

hmmmmm

PeterG.