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jiggolo182
12-05-2011, 02:38 PM
Hello,
I have an ossim-server (built from debian) that recognizes my fiber nic, but will not allow me to use it. I thought maybe it doesn't have the drivers for it so I have attempted to build them.

make install output:
find /lib/modules/2.6.31.6 -name ixgbe.ko -exec rm -f {} \; || true
find /lib/modules/2.6.31.6 -name ixgbe.ko.gz -exec rm -f {} \; || true
install -D -m 644 ixgbe.ko /lib/modules/2.6.31.6/kernel/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko
/sbin/depmod -a || true
install -D -m 644 ixgbe.7.gz /usr/share/man/man7/ixgbe.7.gz
man -c -P'cat > /dev/null' ixgbe || true
man:
cannot write to /var/cache/man/cat7/ixgbe.7.gz in catman mode
ixgbe

ossim:/home/user/ixgbe-3.7.14/src# lspci
...
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82598EB 10 Gigabit AF Dual Port Network Connection (rev 01)
05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82598EB 10 Gigabit AF Dual Port Network Connection (rev 01)

That is the card that I am trying to initialize. The ports on it should come up as eth2 and eth3 (unless its different for fiber cards?).

ossim:/home/user/ixgbe-3.7.14/src# ifconfig eth2 up
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

ossim:/home/user/ixgbe-3.7.14/src# modprobe ixgbe
FATAL: Error inserting ixgbe (/lib/modules/2.6.31.6/kernel/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

and here is the output from dmesg:

ixgbe: Unknown symbol dca_remove_requester
ixgbe: Unknown symbol dca_add_requester
ixgbe: Unknown symbol dca_unregister_notify
ixgbe: Unknown symbol dca_register_notify
ixgbe: Unknown symbol dca3_get_tag


So, from here, what else can I try? Where have I gone wrong? Any advice? There is another Gigabit Ethernet card on the system that is using eth0 and eth1, which work fine. I'm trying to get this card working since it is 10 Gigabit.

jiggolo182
12-08-2011, 06:54 AM
nobody has any ideas?

saikee
12-08-2011, 08:09 AM
Don't think this is a cure but how about using the Bios to disable the existing nic cards forcing the kernel to deal with the fiber optic nic alone.

jiggolo182
12-08-2011, 08:57 AM
hmmm i suppose thats an option just to see if i can get it to work at all..

Pafnoutios
12-08-2011, 01:10 PM
I would guess that dca refers to some unmet dependency, perhaps in the compiled kernel.