driver-modul e100 intel etherexpress 100

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

hi,

are there known problems in severn with the
    e100
    intel-etherexpress 100 modul

i was trying now for 2 days to bring one of my severn into the lan.

i was not able to do a net-install wih the severn boot-disk,
tested once again with the rhl 9 boot-disk and the e100 on the same 
maschine, no problems.

ok,
burning the severn cd #1, minimal english install

the e100 will be recognized and configured by kudzu

but ...

ifconfig = ok
lsmod = ok
modules.conf = ok
net-config = ok
no firewall = ok
# rpm -e iptables lokkit
tcpdump = nothing seems to go out only come in
route = ok ? 169.254.0.0 ??
  added
    /etc/syscongig/network
    NOZEROCONF=1
route = ok

rebooted, 1000 x
network restarted, 100000 x

removed the nic, rebooted,  10 x
add the nic, rebooted, new config,  10 x

always the same
there is a link but nothing goes out


searched the old hdd with, rhl 7.2, rhl 8.0, win98, win2k, netware5
  -> no problems, the intel works propper


replaced the intel with an old realtek 10baseT
alias eth0 ne2k-pci
1 minute later, the severn is in the lan :-)

$ ssh user at severn1
-->
$ uname -r
2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl


# modinfo ne2k-pci
filename:    
/lib/modules/2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl/kernel/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.
o
description: "PCI NE2000 clone driver"
author:      "Donald Becker / Paul Gortmaker"
license:     "GPL"
parm:        debug int, description "debug level (1-2)"
parm:        options int array (min = 1, max = 8), description "Bit 5: 
full dupl
ex"
parm:        full_duplex int array (min = 1, max = 8), description "full 
duplex
setting(s) (1)


# modinfo e100
filename:    
/lib/modules/2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100
.o
description: "Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver"
author:      "Intel Corporation, <linux.nics at intel.com>"
license:     "GPL"
parm:        TxDescriptors int array (min = 1, max = 16), description 
"Number of
 transmit descriptors"
parm:        RxDescriptors int array (min = 1, max = 16), description 
"Number of
 receive descriptors"
parm:        XsumRX int array (min = 1, max = 16), description "Disable 
or enabl
e Receive Checksum offload"
parm:        e100_speed_duplex int array (min = 1, max = 16), 
description "Speed
 and Duplex settings"
parm:        ...


-- 
shrek-m