Subject: Re: realtek-nic problems
To: Frank Lingott <frank@lugh.de>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/29/2001 17:47:50
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 05:37:22PM +0200, Frank Lingott wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> i have some trouble with a realtek-card on my netbsd-box
> My box had 2 DE450TA(10mbit)cards.Both working w/o problems.
> A few days ago,iīve got another hub(100mbit only;12-port;allied
> telesyn).
> Because of the 100mbit-only i replaced de1 with an realtek 8139c-based 
> 10/100mbit card to connect it to my new hub.
> But it doesnt work.
> I removed the /etc/ifconfig.de1 and
> wrote an ifconfig.rtk0 and saved it in /etc :
> 
> bash-2.03# cat ifconfig.rtk0
> inet 192.168.2.254 netmask 0xffffff00 
> 
> when i try to get it up,i get the following
> error message:
> 
> bash-2.03# ifconfig rtk0 up
> ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS rtk0: Device not configured
> 
> here is the dmesg output:
> 
> bash-2.03# dmesg
> NetBSD 1.4.1 (GENERIC) #1: Tue Aug 10 00:03:09 MEST 1999
>     fvdl@struis:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
> cpu0: family 5 model 2 step 5
> cpu0: Intel Pentium (P54C) (586-class)
> real mem  = 66715648
> avail mem = 58343424
> using 840 buffers containing 3440640 bytes of memory
> mainbus0 (root)
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
> pci0: i/o enabled, memory enabled
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
> pchb0: Silicon Integrated System 85C501 (rev. 0x00)
> pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0
> pcib0: Silicon Integrated System 85C503 or 5597/5598 ISA bridge (rev.
> 0x00)
> vga1 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: ATI Technologies Mach64 CT (rev. 0x0a)
> wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> de0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0
> de0: interrupting at irq 10
> de0: DEC DE450-TA 21041 [10Mb/s] pass 1.1
> de0: address 00:00:f8:00:ef:c6
> Realtek Semiconductor 8139 10/100 Ethernet (ethernet network, revision
> 0x10) at pci0 dev 17 function 0 not configured
> ahc1 at pci0 dev 19 function 0
> ahc1: interrupting at irq 9
> ahc1: aic7870 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs
> scsibus0 at ahc1 channel 0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
> ahc1: target 0 synchronous at 10.0MHz, offset = 0xf
> sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <IBM, DCHS04U, 6464> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
> sd0: 4303MB, 6077 cyl, 9 head, 161 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8813870 sectors
> ahc1: target 1 synchronous at 10.0MHz, offset = 0xf
> sd1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <IBM, DCHS04U, 6464> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
> sd1: 4303MB, 6077 cyl, 9 head, 161 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8813870 sectors
> cd0 at scsibus0 targ 5 lun 0: <SANYO, CRD-254S, 1.04> SCSI2 5/cdrom
> removable
> isa0 at pcib0
> com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
> com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
> lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
> sysbeep0 at pcppi0
> isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
> fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
> fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
> isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
> biomask 240 netmask 640 ttymask 6c2
> de0: enabling 10baseT port
> wscons: wskbd0 glued to wsdisplay0 (console)
> boot device: sd0
> root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
> WARNING: NVRAM century is 20 but RTC year is 1994
> WARNING: clock time much less than file system time
> WARNING: using file system time
> WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
> root file system type: ffs
> wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> 
> what does "device not configured" mean?
> is there no realtek support in the GENERIC installation kernel?
> i havenīt tried netbsd-1.5,is there realtek support in GENERIC?

There is no support for realtek in 1.4.x if I remember properly.
But there is in 1.5.x

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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