Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3605 mails)

[Johannes Kastl <ojkastl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

I asked on the german suse-linux-List without any answers, so maybe
you can help.

I got a network card that has a Sundance/IC Plus IP1000A Chip
(recognized as

> 0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Sundance Technology Inc: Unknown device 1023 (rev 41)

on my Suse 9.3).
There is a driver for linux, available at
http://www.icplus.com.tw/driver-pp-IP1000A.html

On my Suse 9.3 it works fine, the module gets built and loaded at boot
by a little script:

>> if ! [ -e /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/ipg.ko ]
>>     then
>>     make all
>>     echo ""
>>     echo "Treiber wurde kompiliert"
>>     echo ""
>>     cp ipg.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net
>>     echo ""
>>     echo "Modul wurde kompiliert"
>>     echo ""
>> 
>> else
>>     echo "Modul wurde schon kompiliert"
>>     echo ""
>> fi
>> 
>> MODUL_GELADEN=`lsmod|grep ipg >/dev/null;echo $?`
>> echo "Ist das Modul schon geladen? 0 = heisst ja"
>> echo $MODUL_GELADEN
>> 
>> if ! [ $MODUL_GELADEN = 0 ]
>>     then
>>     echo "Modul mit insmod installieren"
>>     insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/ipg.ko
>> else
>>     echo "Modul wurde schon geladen"
>> fi
>> 
>> 
>> echo ""
>> echo "Modul wurde installiert"
>> echo ""
>> echo "IP-Adresse wird gesetzt"
>> echo ""
>> ifconfig eth0 192.168.178.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
>> echo "IP-Adresse wurde gesetzt"
>> echo ""
>> echo "Route wird gesetzt"
>> echo ""
>> route add default gw 192.168.178.1
>> echo "Route wurde gesetzt"
>> echo ""


On my newly installed Suse 10.1 it compiles, but when trying to
"install" the module it says:

> insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.16.13-4-default/kernel/drivers/net/ipg.ko': -1 Invalid module format

What to do? Any way to get the card working? Yast does not recognize
any card at all, and after a search on the internet I found no newer
version of that driver. I think it might be the same change that
affected the avm, nvidia, ... drivers.

I sent an email to the homepage, but got no answer til now.

So: Any hints, anyone? Any ideas, apart from buying another card or
waiting for the driver to get into the kernel?

Thanks,
OJ
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