From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2258 invoked by alias); 29 Jun 2006 10:06:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 2250 invoked by uid 22791); 29 Jun 2006 10:06:42 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from sta-204-188-98-27.rockynet.com (HELO hermes.chez-thomas.org) (204.188.98.27) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:06:38 +0000 Received: by hermes.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 59C8137C80D2; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:06:34 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (hermes_local [192.168.1.101]) by hermes.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DD8737C80D1; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:06:26 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <44A3A614.5090307@mlbassoc.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:06:00 -0000 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Hatton CC: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org References: <5098085.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <5098085.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Multi-cast mode warning X-SW-Source: 2006-06/txt/msg00269.txt.bz2 Tim Hatton wrote: > Hello, > I am currently in the process of try to get eCos (2.0.43) running on our > own hardware which uses a DP83848 PHY. I have used the exisiting DP83847 > driver (which came with eCos) as a base and I have got to the stage where > the ethernet link is established. I am however getting the following warning > message when initialising the network: > > [eth_drv_ioctl] Warning: Driver can't set multi-cast mode > > Now, if everything worked I wouldn't be worried about this, but I don't seem > to be getting any IP packets out of the hardware (eCos is trying to send > DHCP discovery messages but they aren't coming out to the ethernet). I > suspect this may be a hardware issue but, I would like some confirm that the > warning above is or isn't anything I need to look into. > > My understanding of multi-cast mode is that I shouldn't need it or care but > if anyone could confirm or deny this I'd be very grateful. This is indeed just a warning and has no affect on normal operations. Multi-case mode is only important for IPv6 and specific multi-cast operations. If you're not getting any packets, then you probably have a different [hardware?] problem. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss