[Udpcast] kernel-udpcast-2.6.26.3-1.i586 not detecting nic

[Scott Mikolyski]

I have some more information on the error.  Instead of using a 
pre-configured cast-o-matic initrd, I walked through the boot process 
and at the step where the tg3 driver was loaded I received a kernel 
message, part of it looks like this.

PCI: Setting latency timer of device ...
BUG: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000001c
IP: [<f8857057>]
*pde: 0002 [#1]
Modules linked in: tg3(+) ...

I don't know if it will but I hope this helps.


Scott Mikolyski wrote:
> Alain Knaff wrote:
>> Scott Mikolyski wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm working with a pxe server to get workstations to boot from the 
>>> network.  I'm using the cast-o-matic boot image.
>>>
>>> Everything works up until I get and error message "ifconfig: 
>>> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device"
>>>
>>> Dropping to a shell, I type ifconfig and get nothing.  I think I 
>>> should be getting some nic information.
>>>
>>> So it looks like to me that the network driver is not getting loaded. 
>>> I've selected different modules in cast-o-matic.  But I feel that it 
>>> has something to do with this version of the kernel.
>>>
>>> Last month I had this setup working perfectly.  Since then, I've lost 
>>> my pxe server and need to recreate it.  Is it possible that this 
>>> recent change broke something?
>>>
>>> Please help.  Thank you.
>>
>> Could you tell me which NIC it is (name of module which worked in old
>> kernel), so that I can investigate? Or, lacking that, the output of lspci
> 
> It's a Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751.
> 
>>
>> Thx,
>>
>> Alain
>>
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