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Special Forums Hardware Slackware 13.1 can't configure two network cards Post 302447855 by Corona688 on Tuesday 24th of August 2010 01:25:09 PM
Old 08-24-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by semash!
Hello everybody,

I'm having troubles with Slackware 13.1 and network cards.

I have one on-board Ethernet card (which is recognized and works okay) and a PCI Ethernet card (which is also recognized, but doesn't appear in 'ifconfig -a'). If i run a 'lspci', i can see the kernel recognized the two cards:
Code:
01:02.0 Ethernet controller: Honeywell IAC Device 0139 (rev 10)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (rev 01)

But, when i run ifconfig, i only can see the Intel on-board card as eth0.
I remember that slackware 12.0, 12.1 and even 12.2 automatically recognized and configured the network cards, but this version seems to work different.
All lspci does is read IDs off the PCI bus and look up their names in a huge text file. It doesn't care which have drivers. If your honeywell card doesn't appear in ifconfig -a, it's not being recognized by a kernel driver. What exactly is the card? Going by the manufacturer, I doubt it's ordinary.

It could be that this is a supported chipset but has an unusual PCI ID which makes the driver not try to use it. You'll have to figure out which chipset this Honeywell card is using before you can try and coax a driver into recognizing it.
 

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SM(4)							   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						     SM(4)

NAME
sm -- SMC91Cxx-based Ethernet interfaces device driver SYNOPSIS
sm0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 sm* at mhzc? sm* at pcmcia? function ? sm* at nubus? DESCRIPTION
The sm device driver supports SMC91C9x-based and SMC91C1xx-based Ethernet interfaces. The ISA attachment of the sm driver supports any SMC91C9x-based Ethernet interface on the ISA bus, including the EFA Info*Express SVC VLB interface, and the on-board SMC91C9x Ethernet found in many embedded PCs and laptop docking stations. The mhzc attachment of the sm driver supports the Megahertz combo Ethernet and modem card. The PCMCIA attachment of the sm driver supports Megahertz X-JACK Ethernet cards. The nubus attachment of the sm driver supports SMC-based Ethernet cards for the macintosh. MEDIA SELECTION
The SMC91C1xx supports the MII interface and so the list of supported media depends on several factors, including which PHY is attached. The SMC91C9x supports AUI and UTP media types. To enable the AUI media, select the 10base5 or aui media type with ifconfig(8)'s media directive. To select UTP, select the 10baseT or utp media type. ifconfig(8)'s -m option will display the full list of supported media directives for a particular configuration. DIAGNOSTICS
sm0: unable to read MAC address from CIS This indicates that the Ethernet address, which is stored in the CIS information on the Megahertz X-JACK PCMCIA Ethernet card, is corrupted. SEE ALSO
ifmedia(4), intro(4), isa(4), mhzc(4), mii(4), pcmcia(4), ifconfig(8) BSD
November 10, 1997 BSD
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