eepro100 does not detect the link beat on NetGEAR switch FS608v2 !?

[Marc Lijour]

On Tuesday 10 May 2005 09:14, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 07:30:42PM -0400, Marc Lijour wrote:
> > I got the switch working.
> > However there is a problem:
> >
> > (extract from #service network start)
> > May  9 18:45:22 router ifplugd(eth0)[28473]: ifplugd 0.21b initializing.
> > May  9 18:45:22 router ifplugd(eth0)[28473]: Using interface
> > eth0/00:A0:C9:39:DB:80 with driver <eepro100> (version:
> > eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29
> > /99 Don)
> > May  9 18:45:22 router ifplugd(eth0)[28473]: Using detection mode:
> > SIOCGMIIPHY May  9 18:45:22 router ifplugd(eth0)[28473]: Initialization
> > complete, link beat not detected.
> > May  9 18:45:22 router network: Bringing up interface eth0:  failed
> >
> > ifplugd monitors eth0 on this system (well, I learnt something today!).
> > But it fails seeing the link beat and shuts down my card.
> >
> > But is works with the other card working with the 8139too driver.
> > May  9 18:31:39 router ifplugd(eth2)[25008]: ifplugd 0.21b initializing.
> > May  9 18:31:39 router kernel: eth2: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa
> > 0x0000 May  9 18:31:39 router ifplugd(eth2)[25008]: Using interface
> > eth2/00:60:67:72:4F:EE with driver <8139too> (version: 0.9.27)
> > May  9 18:31:39 router ifplugd(eth2)[25008]: Using detection mode:
> > SIOCGMIIPHY May  9 18:31:39 router ifplugd(eth2)[25008]: Initialization
> > complete, link beat detected.
> > May  9 18:31:39 router ifplugd(eth2)[25008]: Executing
> > '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth2 up'.
> > May  9 18:31:41 router ifplugd(eth2)[25008]: Program executed
> > successfully. May  9 18:31:41 router network: Bringing up interface eth2:
> >  succeeded
> >
> >
> > Now my next question is: how do I disable nicely ifplugd?
>
> Never heard of it.  Did you try e100 driver?  It tends to be far
> superior to the crappy old eepro100 driver in my experience.  Maybe
> ifplugd uses an interface the old driver doesn't provide or something.

I tried the e100 driver with no more luck.
But I learnt that my card wants IRQ15 while it is given IRQ9, that might 
explains something...

>
> Lennart Sorensen
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