Ethernet card not initializing

[Edward]

Rahul Jain wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Sorry about the lack of info.
> 
> The NIC card is a D-Link one. This is what I see in the hardware browser
> DL10050 Sundance Ethernet.
> Here is the error messages from the log file
> 
> ----------
> eth0:D-Link DFE-580TX 4 port Server Adapter at 0xe091f000,
> 6f:ef:6f:ef:6f:ef IRQ 9
> eth0: No MII transceiver found, aborting ASIC status f000ef6f
> * These 2 lines are repeated for IRQ 11, IRQ 10, IRQ 5
> 
> ifup: sundance device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying
> initialization
> network: Bringing up interface eth0 failed.
> ----------
> 
> Rudolf, I thought sundance was the driver for the card. Am I mistaken ?
> 
> Any ideas guys as to how to make it work.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rahul.

Yes, a quick google search told me you're not the only one seeing this.

Most of the people who have fixed it seem to have done so by rolling 
their own D-Link kernel module.

Where to find the source I leave up to you.

My guess would be somewhere in www.dlink.com

Regards,
Ed.