[PlanetCCRMA] Network driver problem - RH 8.0 fails but RH 7.3 works...

[Mark Knecht]

Fernando!!!! You're a star!!!

(Of course, we all know that already, but hey, I gotta say it one more
time!!) You're a start! Thanks!

Cool - I now have my new PC running an 8.0 installation on the Internet.
It's running Alsa and Jack using the on-board sound chip for now, so I
can at least run stuff like alsaplayer and just use some PC speakers
until we get support for the RME HDSP 9652 working again. (Firmware
change not supported by the Planet's current Alsa driver.)

So, if I understand the problem, then there will need to be separate
kernels and Alsa drivers and all depending on whether you're using RH
7.X or RH 8.0? Will this spill over into ALL of the RPMs you supply?
Will Jack, alsaplayer, etc. all have to be compiled with 3.2.X to not
have the same sort of problems?

Anyway, thanks much. Life just got better!

Cheers,
Mark

On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 20:02, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > PROBLEM STATEMENT: Broadcom 4400 driver works under RH 7.3, RH 7.3 with
> > 2.4.19-1.ll kernel & RH 8.0, but fails under RH 8.0 + 2.4.19-1.ll
> > kernel. Why?
> 
> Most probably a compiler version problem... see below...
> 
> >    I have a machine with a somewhat complicated setup using both System
> > Commander 7 and Grub: At boot time SC7 provides me with 3 choices. (DOS,
> > RH 7.3 & RH 8.0) If I choose either of the Linux options, then Grub
> > takes over and lets me choose the default RH kernel, or the Planet CCRMA
> > kernel.
> > 
> > SC7	- DOS
> > 	- RH 7.3
> > 	(grub)
> > 		- 2.4.19-1.ll  [NIC works]
> > 		- 2.4.18-3     [NIC works]
> > 		- DOS
> > 	- RH 8.0
> > 	(grub)
> > 		- 2.4.19-1.ll  [NIC fails]
> 
> Probably using a module compiled with gcc3.2 (redhat 8.0's default) with
> the planet kernel compiled with gcc2.96...
> 
> > 		- 2.4.18-14    [NIC works]
> > 		- DOS
> >  [MUNCH]
> >    The driver does work with 2.4.19-1.ll under RH 7.3, but fails under
> > RH 8.0.
> > 
> >    Any ideas how to get past this would be very appreciated.
> 
> Copy the binary compiled driver from the 7.3 partition to the 8.0
> partition and try again, it should work... I don't know exactly where
> the install process puts it but it should be somewhere in:
>   /lib/modules/2.4.19-1.ll/
> You could do a:
>   find /lib/modules/2.4.19-1.ll/ -name \*bcm4400\*
> in the 7.3 partition, and copy the file over to the same place in the
> 8.0 partition, then do a "depmod -a" and try loading the module again. 
> 
> I'll make it a BIG priority to get a kernel compiled under 8.0 into the
> repository...
> 
> -- Fernando
> 
>