Kernel 2.4.2 and NE2000 card

[NeoFax]

I am having problems getting Kernel 2.4.2 to work w/ my nic card. It is an ISA ne2000 card. I have checked twice that I am compiling it correctly in the kernel. I am compiling it is a module. my /etc/modules.conf file looks like this:

alias eth0 ne
ne io=0x220 irq=10

I cannot compile the driver into the kernel because the driver does not look in the 0x220 io range as that is normally set aside for soundcards if I am correct. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

NeoFax

[jumpedintothefire]

I have checked twice that I am compiling it correctly in the kernel. I am compiling it is a module.

So is it in the kernel or as a module?


If you compiled it into the kernel, then you need to pass that info at boot from lilo and not use conf.modules

see:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO Section 10.1

Is this the first nic, second, or third?

[NeoFax]

I have it as a module, and it is the only nic card.

[jumpedintothefire]

Dump question, but is the pnp turned off on the card and hard coded to those setting?

[NeoFax]

PNP is turned off and yes I have set the card up for these settings. I am currently using these settings w/ a 2.2.16 kernel at the moment.

[jumpedintothefire]

You can compile the driver in to the kernel and then use the boot argument to tell the kernel where to probe, at least in 2.2

at the boot prompt hit tab then enter
ether=10,0x220,eth0
If it works add it to lilo.

Haven't played with 2.4 yet.

What is in /var/log/messages?

[Hatecrime69]

I'm haveing the same problem with my ne2000 isa network card in kernel 2.2.15, i just can't get it to work as a module

[jumpedintothefire]

my /etc/modules.conf file looks like this:


My 2.2.16 redhat has that in /etc/conf.modules, has that changed in 2.4.2? What distro are use using?