The tulip ethernet card driver does not load at least with kernel 2.6.9-gentoo-r1. Errormessage is: # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start * Bringing eth0 up (192.168.2.254)... SIOCSIFADDR: No such device eth0: unknown interface: No such device SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device eth0: unknown interface: No such device SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device [ !! ] But with the de4x5 driver the same NIC works without a problem: BlackHole root # modprobe de4x5 BlackHole root # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start BlackHole root # ping 192.168.2.1 PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=2.76 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=1.09 ms The tulip driver of kernel 2.4.27 works also without a problem. Do not know when it was broken. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. modprobe tulip or 2. /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start 3. Actual Results: see in the details section Expected Results: bring the NIC up A workaround (which worked on my box) is to use the de4x5 driver instead of the broken tulip (see also details)
Please post output of "lspci" and "lspci -n"
Then use the driver that works :) This isn't a bug, sorry.
