RTEMS networking (RTL 8139)

[Till Straumann]

Joe Samuel wrote:
> Hi Sachin,
>      thank you for your response. But I could know
> that RTL 8139 is NE2000 compatible. When I changed the
> bsp.h(#define RTEMS_BSP_NETWORK_DRIVER_NAME
> BSP_NE2000_NETWORK_DRIVER_NAME), the initialization
> didn't hang, but I got the following messages:
> 

> Network device 'ne1' <00:D0:09:57:86:23> initialized
> on port 0xC000, irq 5
> Can't bring ne1 up: Too many open files on system


Do you need more file descriptors in your configuration table?
check CONFIGURE_LIBIO_MAXIMUM_FILE_DESCRIPTORS

-- Till


> Can't set default roots: No such process
> No routes!
> Create socket
> RTEMS: Can't create socket
>         
>     These messages give me some hope that there is a
> workaround using the RTL network card itself. 
> I'm posting this to the RTEMS group also. Can anyone
> suggest a solution?
> 
> BTw, is the address in the first messge supposed to be
> my mac address?, but ifconfig return a different
> address- 00:E0:18:37:3E:86 .
> 
> regards,
> Joe
> 
> 
> 
>  --- Sachin K <sachin at dexceldesigns.com> wrote: >
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
>>From: "Joe Samuel" <sjoe2 at yahoo.com>
>>To: "Sachin K" <sachin at dexceldesigns.com>
>>Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:29 PM
>>Subject: Re: RTEMS networking (RTL 8139)
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi Sachin,
>>>  thank you for your quick response. I'm using RTL
>>>8139 NIC.
>>
>>( same card which i was using. ;) )
>>
>>
>>>I think I should look for another NIC right?
>>
>>yes.
>>try for winbond NIC.
>>
>>>
>>>Joe
>>> --- Sachin K <sachin at dexceldesigns.com> wrote: >
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>>>From: "Joe Samuel" <sjoe2 at yahoo.com>
>>>>To: "Sachin K" <sachin at dexceldesigns.com>
>>>>Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:00 PM
>>>>Subject: RTEMS networking (RTL 8139)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Sachin,
>>>>
>>>>Hi Samuel,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>    I'm an undergradute experimenting with
>>>>
>>RTEMS
>>
>>>>as
>>>>
>>>>>part of my research project. I also faced the
>>>>
>>same
>>
>>>>>problem described by you here:
>>>>>
>>>>
> http://www.oarcorp.com/rtems/maillistArchives/rtems-users/2002/july/msg00053
> 
>>>>.html
>>>>
>>>>>  Could you please let me know if you've found
>>>>
>>any
>>
>>>>>work arounds?
>>>>
>>>>first check which type of ethernet card you
>>>
>>have,
>>
>>>>because RTEMS currently
>>>>supports only NE2000, dec compatible ethernet
>>>>devices.
>>>>
>>>>if you have the network card which is compatible
>>>>with the above mentioned
>>>>chipset, modify the attached network config file
>>>>according to your network
>>>>setings and use it in your application.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>thank you in advance.
>>>>>Joe
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sachin.K
>>>>
>>>
>>>>ATTACHMENT part 2 application/octet-stream
>>>
>>>name=networkconfig.h
>>>
>>>>
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> 
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