[ECOS] Re: Problems initializing eth0 interface

[Bruno Ricci <amraam83@gmail.com>]

Thank you John, that worked like a charm :)

Thanks everyone

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:50 PM, John Dallaway<john@dallaway.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi Bruno
>
> Bruno Ricci wrote:
>
>> I tried the same configuration with RTL8139 chip and without removing
>> any package (I managed to have a pc with that chip) with no luck. Here
>> some screenshots:
>>
>> http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1493094/ecos1.jpg
>> http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1493094/ecos2.jpg
>>
>> Notice that my program only initializes the network card, and that
>> there's a 20 sec sleep between the two screenshots. I tried to set a
>> static IP, but I keep on having that SIOCIFADDR error.
>
> I assume you have switched to the eCos "pc_rltk8139" target.
>
> The reported hardware address (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) is bogus which
> suggests that eCos is failing to interrogate your ethernet hardware
> correctly. Try disabling the ethernet hardware in your PC's BIOS and see
> if the behaviour is the same. If it is, perhaps your ethernet hardware
> is reporting a PCI vendorID/deviceID pair which is not known to the eCos
> driver? Check the known_8139_aliases[] array in the driver and extend it
> if necessary.
>
> I hope this helps...
>
> John Dallaway
>

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