Proteon ProNET 4/16 (p1690) driver on kernel 2.4.7

[ady2k]

I am using SuSe 7.2 and kernel 2.4.7.
And loaded the tms380tr.o successfully.
The result below here :
/lib/modules/2.4.7/kernel/drivers/net/tokenring # insmod -k tms380tr.o
/lib/modules/2.4.7/kernel/drivers/net/tokenring # lsmod
Module Size Used by
tms380tr 43136 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ipv6 130128 -1 (autoclean)
nfsd 67664 4 (autoclean)
eepro100 16176 1 (autoclean)
md 47968 0 (autoclean) (unused)

# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:0C:36:E2:2C
inet addr:10.1.10.27 Bcast:10.1.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20e:cff:fe36:e22c/10 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1285 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1232 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:119220 (116.4 Kb) TX bytes:103907 (101.4 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:600 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:600 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:53865 (52.6 Kb) TX bytes:53865 (52.6 Kb)

But I can't see tr0.
How can I make tr0 workable after the tms380tr driver loaded?

Thanks

 

[marsd]

The only reason this module is not binding would be that
there is bug in the kernel code, or that this hwdevice is not really present and/or cannot be detected without additional
parameters. It is very strange that it is loading without a complaint,but the entire logic of the TR thing escapes me
and it is definitely legacy code.
I understand your problem, believe me. I worked with the interfaces to IPX for three years and it was a constant headache. OTOH: I give credit to the guys who actually
write the code for these legacy systems and technologies.
I mean TR tech-it is 1994 at latest. Get rid of it and
update.

 

[ady2k]

The Token ring card used Texas Instrument 380 C chipset.
And tms380tr module is for TI 380C chipset.
Any suggestion to solve this problem ?
Thanks

 

[ericbrunson]

Did you check /proc/pci to see if the hardware recognizes the card. Post the output, there may be a clue there.

 

[ady2k]

I have Intel 100 PRO PCI card and work fine on that linux machine.