FW: netgear ga621

["Lu, Yan P" <Yan-Ping.Lu@team.telstra.com>]

Hello 

> I have got trouble with netgear ga621. I am running redhat 7.3 which the
> kernel version is 2.4.18-3. I successfully compiled driver provided by
> netgear, but could not get card works. I used the following command to
> load the driver[1]:
> [1]:
>  # insmod gam.o
> 
> Then, I have got link LED on the card goes off, and /var/log/message only
> shows the following message[2]:
> [2]:
> Jun 22 07:37:51 AN131 kernel: NETGEAR GA621 Gigabit Fiber Adapter Driver,
> version 1.02, May 15 2001, linux 2.4.x kernel
> Jun 22 07:37:51 AN131 kernel: 
> Jun 22 07:37:51 AN131 kernel: NETGEAR GA621 Gigabit Fiber Adapter : eth1
> Jun 22 07:37:51 AN131 kernel: 
> Jun 22 07:37:51 AN131 kernel: NETGEAR GA621 Gigabit Fiber Adapter : eth2
> 
> I have also used the command to active the card[3]:
> [3]:
> # ifconfig eth1 10.2.2.2
> 
> log/message does not do any changes, and link LED is still off.
> 
Anyone can tell me how to make this card works. 
> *	what's the configuration I need to do to make this card works, 
> *	which configuration points I can check, 
> *	what's the proper log message I should see if the card works ok. 
> 
> Thank you in advance for your help.
> 
> Regards,
> Yan
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