From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3B409FD0.5159102F@mvista.com> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 09:22:40 -0700 From: "Mark A. Greer" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Porter Cc: Ravindranath , linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: sandPoint 8240 booting: Not reconginzing ethernet card References: <20010620202250.24435.qmail@web11606.mail.yahoo.com> <20010630223320.2166.qmail@web11602.mail.yahoo.com> <20010630124104.A7946@cx258813-a.chnd1.az.home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Also, do yourself a favor and move up to the hhl 2.0 version and make sure you set the switch setting correctly. Mark -- Matt Porter wrote: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 03:33:20PM -0700, Ravindranath wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am having problems with ppc linux booting on my > > sandpoint 8240.. > > > > I have built the kernel with the ethernet driver(3COM > > Fast ethernet)..For this I changed config file and > > turn on the ethernet driver in the config file. The > > target still doesn't boot.. > > > > I have attached the boot log. The significant error > > seems to be "No network devices available". > > Look before that message. > > > Some more questions: > > 1. I have setup the dhcp server my host m/c(redhat6.2) > > with the instructions form Mvista cdk1.2 docs.Also the > > instructions ask for setting fixed ip address for the > > target in /etc/dhcpd.conf file. Since I have set up > > the dhcp server, I am not sure what should be the > > fixed-address in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file. > > It's arbitrary. This is where you get to exercise those creative > juices and assign an IP address and name to the target. > > > 2. Also do we need to pass the ip address as part of > > the boot arguments..If so how?? > > Not if you set up the dhcpd.conf properly. RTFM the HHL 1.2 docs and/or > "man dhcpd.conf". There's several excellent examples in the man page > itself. People are writing the documentation in the hope that you'll > read it so do them a favor. > > > > > 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang] bus 0 dev > > 15 > > BAR 0, I/O, size=0x40, address=0xafe380 > > IRQ 18 > > Yep, Boomerangs use the 3c59x driver. > > > > > 0 3c515 cards found. > > Couldn't find a 3c515 since you have 3c59x card. > > Configure the '3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang" support' > options and try again. > > -- > Matt Porter > MontaVista Software, Inc. > mporter@mvista.com > ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/