Interrupt:11 Base address: 0xdead

[shiva33]

my PC has an integrated SiS 190/191 Fast Ethernet Adapter. I had installed Red Hat Linux AS 4 but it was unable to detect my lan card.
i searched the SiS website for the drivers and found one. I followed the steps given in the read me file

In the "Readme" text :


1. Install Fedora Core 3. (Currently only FC3 can be installed on 965 demo board.)

2. Download Linux kernel 2.6.9 or latter version from http://www.kernel.org. The follwing examples are based on linux-2.6.9.

3. copy the kernel source to the location /usr/src/linux-2.6.9.

4. cp sis190.c /usr/src/linux-2.6.9/drivers/net

5. Edit the file "/usr/src/linux-2.6.9/drivers/net/Kconfig".
a. Serach for the string "config SIS900"
b. Add the following item below the item of SIS190.

config SIS190
tristate "SiS 191/190 PCI Gigabit/Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
depends on NET_PCI && PCI
select CRC32
---help---
Say Y here if you have a SiS 191/190 PCI Gigabit/Fast Ethernet adapter.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called sis190. This is recommended.

6. Edit the file "/usr/src/linux-2.6.9/drivers/net/Makefile".
a. Search for the string "obj-$(CONFIG_SIS900) += sis900.o".
b. Insert "obj-$(CONFIG_SIS190) += sis190.o" to next line.

7. cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.9

8. Input the command 'make menuconfig'. Then the Linux Kernel configuration menu will be popped.
a. Select "Device Drivers -->", "Networking support -->", "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) -->".
b. Goto the item "SiS191/190 PCI Gigabit/Fast Ethernet Adapter support".
c. Press space key to make this item marked with <M>.
d. Save and exit the kernel configuration menu.

9. Make kernel and modules. Input the command 'make bzImage modules modules_install install'.

10. Reboot and Select the boot item "2.6.9".


//** Probe sis190 module **//

1. Input the command 'rmmod sis190'.

2. Input the command 'modprobe sis190'.

3. Input the command 'ifconfig eth0 <ip_addr>'.
a. <ip_addr> is the IP address of sis190.
b. example: 'ifconfig eth0 192.168.209.1'.

[ i followed the above steps using the latest kernel (2.6.19.1)]
[in the step 8-a, i could not find the driver in Ethernet 10 or 100 Mbit) but i found it in Ethernet 1000 Mbits !!! ]

after the reboot, kudzu detected my card and configured it.
now, i can ping my own ip address, but can't ping my gateway.
this is the result of ifconfig ...

eth0 Link encap : Ethernet Hwaddr 00:11: D8:4F:58:EF
inet addr : 192.168.11.194 Bcast : 192.168.11.255 Mask : 255.255.255.0
inet6 addr : fc80::211:d8ff:88ee/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets : 3429 errors:0 dropped:0 overrun:0 frame:0
TX packets : 24 errors:0 dropped:0 overrun:0 carrier:0 collision:0 txquelen:1000
RX bytes :427539 (471.8 Kib) TX bytes: 1440 (1.4 Kib)
Interrupt:11 Base address: 0xdead


i guess the last line "Interrupt:11 Base address: 0xdead" is the problem here.
i have no clue what to do ??? please help me.

[Roxoff]

Despite the address reading 0xdead, I dont think this is the problem - the interface looks like its working just fine. The problem is likely to be elsewhere.

- Maybe your gateway is not responding to ICMP Ping requests (it is common to turn this off to hide your internet presence from would-be hackers).
- Maybe your machine has a firewall, and it is getting back a ping response which is being blocked by your local firewall for some reason.

[pottibaer]

hi

right now I have the same problem with the sis-onboard-gigabit-lan and a google brought me here ...

it is not the firewall (gateway) nor iptables set on the local machine ...

I have a 100Mbit D-link - so maybe this is the reason - maybe this onboard card cannot "downgrade" from 1000Mbit to 100Mbit?? but how to trace this?

any hints, what I could do? Are there some options i need to set with modprobe sis190?

by the way - patch-cable is okay (checked it twice)!
kernel is
2.6.20.5 on a slackware-11.0

thx for ur help!!
Michael

[filippos]

I have the same problem. The driver is to blaim.
Have you solved it? Please help.
SuSE 10.2