[bugs #10146] ne2000-rtl8139 bad detection

[Feng Shuo]

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[bugs #10146] Latest Modifications:

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                Feng Shuo <address@hidden>
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                Thu 08/26/04 at 09:58 (Asia/Shanghai)

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Yes, all the drivers are for PCI devices :-(.
I'm sorry that I don't get the ISA support from Etherboot to GRUB, for I don't 
have any ISA NIC cards to test my code :-(.






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URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=10146>
Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted by: magicfox
On: Wed 08/25/04 at 17:19

Category:  Network
Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal
Item Group:  Action Request
Resolution:  None
Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  
Originator Email:  address@hidden
Status:  Open
Release:  grub-0.95
Reproducibility:  Every Time
Planned Release:  


Summary:  ne2000-rtl8139 bad detection

Original Submission:  Hi all,

Before congratulation for this great software, I'm using it with success to 
boot over network diskless PCs. thanks  ;-)

I found a mistake in network adapter detection between in my case.

I used ./configure --build=i386 --host=i386 --enable-ne 
[--enable-ne-scan=0x320] --enable-rtl8139

I have two embedded PC with different ethernet controller.

The first is an i586 and the kernel use rtl8139 driver and everything is ok..

The second one is an i386 without fpu and the kernel use ne driver for a 
rtl8019as chip. On grub stage2 the detection of adapter is show as rtl8139 and 
don't work. The definition of enable-ne-scan parameter don't help detection. 
The simple workaround is to define only --enable-ne and *not* --enable-rtl8139 
for the rtl8019 chip. In this case the detection show the correct ne2000 
adapter (the only one) and now boot is correct. So i have to use two different 
grub version.

Let me know if i can help more ...

Versions:
grub 0.95
gcc 3.2.2

Best regards.
magicfox


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Date: Thu 08/26/04 at 09:58         By: Feng Shuo <fengshuo>
Yes, all the drivers are for PCI devices :-(.
I'm sorry that I don't get the ISA support from Etherboot to GRUB, for I don't 
have any ISA NIC cards to test my code :-(.

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Date: Thu 08/26/04 at 09:47         By: magicfox <magicfox>
Hi,

I applied the grub-0.95-diskless-patch-2.patch but it removes the --enable-ne 
option (standard ISA NE1000/NE2000) !
I can't use --enable-ns8390 because it is a driver for PCI NE2000 and clones.

Oh my god, why this driver was removed ? (it still present in kernel 2.6 and 
2.4 series...)
Are we enjoined to by a recent board with PCI ?
;-)
Best regards


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Date: Thu 08/26/04 at 00:40         By: Feng Shuo <fengshuo>
Try the diskless patch on bug #9408.
It can support rtl8139 at least, (I don't know about ne, but you can test the 
driver for me :-)




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