[PLUG] Disappearing network interface

[Kenneth G. Stephens]

On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 09:01, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Steven A. Adams wrote:
> 
> > >   According to the linux on laptops Web site, the Zonet fast ethernet cards
> > > require the pcnet_cs module. Anyone know where I can find such a beast for
> > > the 2.4.20 kernel in Slackware-9.0.0?
> 
> > Here's a couple of interesting links that you can look too:
> > The first is the source for pcnet_cs, the second is the project source
> > for the pcmcia-cs project.
> 
> Steve, et al.:
> 
>   The pcnet_cs module is in /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia. The process, /sbin/cardmgr,
> is in the list waiting to be run. 'lsmod' shows pcmcia_core is loaded.
> 'find' doesn't find pcnet_cs.

Look for  pcnet_cs.o.  You might look at /etc/modules.conf and see if
any alias statement refers to that module.  Should be in
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/
> 
>   I seem to be stuck in a deep rut here. If pcnet_cs is listed in
> /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia, shouldn't it be loaded if a card requiring that module
> is in the slot? I did try '/etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia stop' followed by 'start'
> with no different results.
> 
>   When I read 'dmesg' I see that the card is properly detected, then
> cardservices are unloaded:
> 
> 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
> 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
>   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
> isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
> isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
> Intel PCIC probe: not found.
> Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
> PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.0
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:06.0
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 01:00.0
> PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.1
> Yenta IRQ list 0618, PCI irq11
> Socket status: 30000006
> Yenta IRQ list 0618, PCI irq11
> Socket status: 30000006
> cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x170-0x177 0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x370-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x3b8-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7
> cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x10ec, device 0x8139
> PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
> ... (a bunch of USB stuff)
> unloading Kernel Card Services
> Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
>   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
> ... (the above repeats)
> 
>   Can someone interpret this for me, please? What am I missing in order to
> get this NIC working and recognizing the network? All I get is "Network is
> unreachable". It must have something to do with the pcnet_cs module not
> being loaded.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Rich

Ken